Re: [GTALUG] curious... Linux vs BSD ?

2016-09-29 Thread Peter King via talk
On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 10:45:09AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > So for me, bsd is only a necessary evil to be used if linux won't run > on the hardware, and the last time I had to resort to netbsd to get a > machine running and doing useful stuff was about 18 years ago. The *BSD

[GTALUG] LPI is beta-testing new exams

2016-09-29 Thread Evan Leibovitch via talk
Hi all, The (GTA-based) Linux Professional Institute is doing beta testing on new exams for its level two certification. Testing is going on in Toronto, and participants (who can pass the exams) may achieve their LPIC-2 certification free of charge. If interested, please go to this link for

Re: [GTALUG] curious... Linux vs BSD ?

2016-09-29 Thread Ansar Mohammed via talk
I have been using Linux (Debian primarily),FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Solaris for about 15 years now. IMHO with Linux, generally things just work, drivers, dependencies, X etc. The kernel comes with more features and capabilities and is generally more useful and practical. In contrast, FreeBSD and

Re: [GTALUG] curious... Linux vs BSD ?

2016-09-29 Thread Christopher Browne via talk
On 29 September 2016 at 11:00, Myles Braithwaite via talk wrote: > William Park via talk wrote: >> To those who knows/uses both BSD and Linux... Should I learn BSD, and >> which one? > > If you read to HackNews we are currently in the systemd apocalypse and > Linux's user base

Re: [GTALUG] curious... Linux vs BSD ?

2016-09-29 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
William Park via talk wrote: > To those who knows/uses both BSD and Linux... Should I learn BSD, and > which one? If you read to HackNews we are currently in the systemd apocalypse and Linux's user base is shrinking every day and good ethical people are moving to BSD to the warm embrace of init.

[GTALUG] GTALUG Election Officer

2016-09-29 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
GTALUG is looking for an Election Officer to oversee the GTALUG Board Election on 11 October 2016 at 7:30 p.m.. We need someone who will: * Run the GTALUG candidate nomination process. * Announce the candidates for the GTALUG board. * Give out ballots to GTALUG members. * Count the votes. This

Re: [GTALUG] curious... Linux vs BSD ?

2016-09-29 Thread Lennart Sorensen via talk
On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:24:13PM -0400, William Park via talk wrote: > Just curious about state of Linux vs BSD... I use Linux, but examining > my use case carefully, I don't really "use" Linux. I use applications > and tools found in Linux distro. These applications and tools can also > be

[GTALUG] GTALUG Board Elections

2016-09-29 Thread Myles Braithwaite via talk
GTALUG's Annual General Meeting is coming up on 11 October 2016 which means we will be hainvg an election for board members. To vote you will need to be a member of the GTALUG Organisation which costs $20 for the year (this helps cover the cost of running the server for the mailing list and

[GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Meeting on 11 October at 7:30pm

2016-09-29 Thread hi--- via talk
### Annual General Meeting (7:30 p.m.) * GTALUG Update - 5 minutes * Treasury Update - 5 minutes * Board Elections - 15 minutes ### Ansible (8:00 p.m.) Ansible allows you to turn your infrastructure administration into a codebase. Descripting all the