Quoting Michael Chaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > My feeling is that anyone who really knows what they're doing can step > into pretty much any Linux distro and figure out what they need within a > few minutes.
That's a fine insight; I agree. Once one gets the feel of Unix systems, or any general system for that matter, it doesn't take much for him to find ways to do what's needed and fill in the gaps. I find Unix to be very intuitive. I always find myself thinking there must be _something_ that does some particular task, and there always is. And imagination counts. I find that personal interest (geek!) helps a lot too -- that's something that can't be taught, but with it, you can learn pretty much anything. I've always had fun with sysading. :) I'm currently kind of breaking in a couple of new sysads for Ateneo dorm network (ACENT), and it's fascinating seeing their progress (well, one of them, anyway), having been given just the basics. We just have a simple server system -- gateway, DNS, SMB, it does NATing, local mail, some DB, some web, etc. I'm not really sure how exactly to train them, so after having given them some basic Unix systems and networking stuff, I kinda just let them play around. I figure they'll find out about other things for themselves when need to. (Come to think of it, I never really got that training either... *cough, cough* :p) -- Paolo Vanni M. Ve�egas Ateneo Campus Network Group (CNG) 4 BS CS, Ateneo de Manila acp.ateneo.edu/~paolo/ -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
