[SLUG] Server Admin comp's

2009-11-18 Thread Kyle
Apologies if I'm dumping in the wrong place. There used to be a slug 'jobs' list, but site seems to indicate it goes elsewhere now, so sticking to what I know for now. Am looking to get in touch with those who run (or work for) a small server admin outsource comp. If I'm abusing list,

Re: [SLUG] Server Admin comp's

2009-11-18 Thread Lindsay Holmwood
Hi Kyle, You might want to try posting this to j...@slug.org.au. Both companies and people looking for work are subscribed there. Cheers, Lindsay 2009/11/18 Kyle k...@attitia.com: Apologies if I'm dumping in the wrong place. There used to be a slug 'jobs' list, but site seems to indicate it

[SLUG] 64-bit Karmic Koala or not?

2009-11-18 Thread Amos Shapira
Hi, I'm going to get a new desktop at work and was wondering whether it's worth moving to 64-bit. It'll have 4Gb RAM, which should be enough for my work needs. Skype is an absolute must. I use the system for mostly browsing/ssh/thunderbird (managing a few dozens of remote CentOS 5 servers), I

Re: [SLUG] 64-bit Karmic Koala or not?

2009-11-18 Thread Dean Hamstead
32bit is dead flash works perfectly (linux vs windows aside) in 64bit and has done for ages. by default the gpl flash is installed, youll just need to install the nonfree adobe flash package and use update-alternatives to make sure its selected as your flash plugin. any archaic and

Re: [SLUG] 64-bit Karmic Koala or not?

2009-11-18 Thread Del
Dean Hamstead wrote: 32bit is dead Not on subnotebooks. It'll have 4Gb RAM, which should be enough for my work needs. Which is a good enough reason to move to 64 bit. If you want to address more than 2GB of RAM in a single process reliably (i.e. without using odd memory addressing