On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Anselm Lingnau
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Alessandro Selli wrote (quoting Mehdi Amiri):
>> know about not just Android, Debian and CentOS, but also about RedHat,
>> Fedora, SuSE/Novell, Ubuntu, Slackware and Mandriva, and possibly a few
>> more.
>
> I think this gets silly very quickly. What do you mean »know about« – must
My problem is that the choice of 'important' distros is also varied
around the planet.
I haven't met a Mandriva user in a couple of years in my neighbourhood.
>> > Topic: 1.2.2
>> > The candidates should be also be aware of distributions software support
>> > model & the meaning of Long Term Support (LTS) in some Enterprise
>> > distribution.
>
> Do we run a Linux exam or a marketing exam?
I dunno. Some of the wording on the current objectives are kinda markety... :)
>> > Topic 1.2.5
>> A basic use of netstat is both easy and a useful tool to detect, for
>> instance, currently established TCP/IP connections. Even a beginner, IMO,
>> should be able to do netstat | grep ftp to see if there are currently open
>> FTP sockets.
>
> I'm not happy with this objective at all. It drags in a very large amount of
> theory for something that new Linux users basically don't need to know. The
> <snip>
> Having said that, I can see a certain minimal amount of sense in having
> »ping«, but routing? ifconfig? netstat? resolv.conf (which is incidentally
> misspelled in the wiki)? Give me a break. This is supposed to be an
> *introductory* exam.
I have to agree here. For most installations, the networking just
works once you plug in a cable or look for a wireless network.
I'd prefer to see the 'Networking Your Computer' changed to 'Your
Computer on the Network' or something. ping, traceroute/path,
host/dig/nslookup (maybe still keep resolv.conf). And a diagram of an
IP packet breakdown...
Any objections to that?
(NB: I tried to find out where resolv.conf turned into resolve.conf in
the edits...they aren't in my original text drafts...we'll have to
leave it as a mystery...thanks for pointing it out, Anselm)
> Also, do note that nslookup has been officially deprecated for a very long
> time now.
But also still kicking on Windows...I don't think it'll ever disappear
at this rate.
PS - everyone is using this:
http://wiki.lpi.org/wiki/LinuxEssentials
as reference, correct?
Regards,
--
G. Matthew Rice <[email protected]> gpg id: EF9AAD20
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