[SLUG] Re: RedHat at UOW

[Matthew Palmer]

On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 07:20:37PM +1000, Simon Males wrote:
> I'm guessing that he wishes to install Fedora on an UOW supplied 
> machine? If he brought his own hardware he could connect wirelessly 
> assuming he doesn't need any specific networked resources (though 
> printing could be a difficultly). I believe academics are (maybe were) 
> allowed to connect there laptops via ethernet.

Postgrads normally get to do whatever inhuman things they like to the
machines they get given, primarily on a "just don't expect us to help you
fix it" basis.  When I was in CompEng, most of the postgrads in TITR were
running Linux on their desktops, and nobody seemed to care.

> Further, the 3rd year Computer Science project lab use to have Fedora 2 
> or 3.

They'll probably be Debian Sarge now, like most of the rest of the CompSci
machines now.

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Re: [SLUG] Re: RedHat at UOW

[Howard Lowndes]

How are they going to know - are they going to nmap it?

Alan L Tyree wrote:

On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 10:27:23 +1000
Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:



On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 09:51:29AM +1000, Robert Barnett wrote:


I have a colleague from Uppsala University, Sweden. He uses ITK/VTK
for data processing and manipulation of Medical Images. He currently
has a post-doc position which is shared between UOW and a Sydney
hospital. He's informed me that UOW would not let him use his RedHat
(Fedora Core 3) machine on the campus network because they only
allow for approved OSes to connect to the network.


By UOW, do you mean "University of Wollongong"?  (I'm having trouble
expanding UOW into anything related to Uppsala, but that could be a
lack of imagination on my part).  My personal policy at Wollongong Uni
was "forgiveness, not permission".  Worked like a charm.



Does anyone have any ideas about how to appeal this decision/policy?



Tell them it's a Windows machine with a custom made appearance?
Alan



I


All that should be necessary is a letter from their supervisor saying
that the machine is needed for their studies.  I've never really
noticed any huge hatred towards Linux boxen in general (hell, most of
the CompSci/CompEng labs are at least dual-boot boxen).



completed a postgrad course at UOW. In all my time there I never
managed to get any response from the IT department with regards to
policy.


You're talking about ITS?  The techos there are reasonable enough to
talk to, but when the hair is pointy, it's *very* pointy.

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Re: [SLUG] Re: RedHat at UOW

[Alan L Tyree]

On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 10:27:23 +1000
Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 09:51:29AM +1000, Robert Barnett wrote:
> > I have a colleague from Uppsala University, Sweden. He uses ITK/VTK
> > for data processing and manipulation of Medical Images. He currently
> > has a post-doc position which is shared between UOW and a Sydney
> > hospital. He's informed me that UOW would not let him use his RedHat
> > (Fedora Core 3) machine on the campus network because they only
> > allow for approved OSes to connect to the network.
> 
> By UOW, do you mean "University of Wollongong"?  (I'm having trouble
> expanding UOW into anything related to Uppsala, but that could be a
> lack of imagination on my part).  My personal policy at Wollongong Uni
> was "forgiveness, not permission".  Worked like a charm.
> 
> > Does anyone have any ideas about how to appeal this decision/policy?

Tell them it's a Windows machine with a custom made appearance?
Alan

> > I
> 
> All that should be necessary is a letter from their supervisor saying
> that the machine is needed for their studies.  I've never really
> noticed any huge hatred towards Linux boxen in general (hell, most of
> the CompSci/CompEng labs are at least dual-boot boxen).
> 
> > completed a postgrad course at UOW. In all my time there I never
> > managed to get any response from the IT department with regards to
> > policy.
> 
> You're talking about ITS?  The techos there are reasonable enough to
> talk to, but when the hair is pointy, it's *very* pointy.
> 
> - Matt
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[SLUG] Re: RedHat at UOW

[Matthew Palmer]

On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 09:51:29AM +1000, Robert Barnett wrote:
> I have a colleague from Uppsala University, Sweden. He uses ITK/VTK for
> data processing and manipulation of Medical Images. He currently has a
> post-doc position which is shared between UOW and a Sydney hospital.
> He's informed me that UOW would not let him use his RedHat (Fedora Core
> 3) machine on the campus network because they only allow for approved
> OSes to connect to the network.

By UOW, do you mean "University of Wollongong"?  (I'm having trouble
expanding UOW into anything related to Uppsala, but that could be a lack of
imagination on my part).  My personal policy at Wollongong Uni was
"forgiveness, not permission".  Worked like a charm.

> Does anyone have any ideas about how to appeal this decision/policy? I

All that should be necessary is a letter from their supervisor saying that
the machine is needed for their studies.  I've never really noticed any huge
hatred towards Linux boxen in general (hell, most of the CompSci/CompEng
labs are at least dual-boot boxen).

> completed a postgrad course at UOW. In all my time there I never managed
> to get any response from the IT department with regards to policy.

You're talking about ITS?  The techos there are reasonable enough to talk
to, but when the hair is pointy, it's *very* pointy.

- Matt
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