I forgot to mention the gmail addy. And this was replied to me.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Tindall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 19:47:24 +1300 Subject: Re: A gathering of the GNUs - calling all GNUs To: Ben Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ben Devine wrote: >On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 14:57:41 +1300, Richard Tindall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>* Regular, hands-on experience of the BSDs. >> >> >As in NetBSD, FreeBSD and OpenBSD > > Whatever we can draft in expertise on, I'd say. But it's purely up to participants. We may get few, or none with BSD skills. I've only identified an important knowledge gap, and started a framework for filling it. By Friday there'll be a more definite answer available. I hope that's ok for now (?) >>* Server-side training, for SysAd career hopefuls. >> >> >What do you define as Server-side(like what areas or general >practises/procedures) and training(formal qualification) > > security security security Steve H was exactly the volunteer I was looking for to speak about that, on one of the most trusted distros (Debian). Pretty ordinary stuff probably (for guru's), but something we've had no consistent time on so far. As for certs etc, nothing specific in mind (though I am aware, and desirous myself, of LPI & esp Novell SuSE Linux Professional). We can explore that further if there's enough interest. I know Chris S would be happy to oversee something like that. >>* A BSD-GNU/Linux Users group? (B-GLU; optimal scope). >> >> >huh? BSD and linux are two seperate entities? > > Yes. And that's a problem, imho. One can't really intersect with the Linux (social) development path without understanding BSD, & why the Gnu was necessary (what the market bug was that Gnu fixed). Neglect of the (small) BSD sector is easy, but forging an alliance there is more than just educative. The main thing is to show that BSD/users is/are not being ignored, but taken seriously. OpenBSD is the grail for server security too. Real skills in knowing it. But if we get no takeup on BSD, I am quite happy to go with the majority and be fully Gnu/Linux focussed. hth, and thanks for your queries. -- Richard Tindall, InfoHelp Services, Canterbury Technology Ltd. using Mozilla 1.7.2 free open source email client & browser
