FYI...NC System Administrators meets in Dreyfus at RTI every 2nd Monday of every month. I know there are some of TriLUG that are members of NC*SA. http://www.ncsysadmin.org I've gotten some good advice from them.
You can also try #solaris on irc.openprojects.net or irc.trilug.org HTH On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Reginald Reed wrote: > The first thing I'd try to do is become friends with the local sysadmin. > Its very likely that he/she has some standard Gnu stuff squirrel away on > an NFS server for him/herself. Even if she/he doesn't, they may be open > to providing you some none home directory space to build/install > goodies. And who knows, once you've proven you know what you are doing, > you might even get root. > > If that doesn't work, then hopefully you don't have a restrictive quota > on your home directory space. In this case, become very familiar with > specifying options on the configure command-line and roll your own. > > --Reggie > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Geoff Purdy > > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 10:38 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [TriLUG] Making Solaris "feel" like Linux? > > > > > > I've been working almost exclusively with Linux at home and > > at work for the past two years. I recently changed jobs and > > my new employer is a Solaris shop. Since I've grown > > comfortable with Linux, I'm wondering what I can do to give > > Solaris a similar feel. > > > > I don't have root on any of the unix systems at work so I'm > > limited in the software I can install (i.e. I can't install > > XFree86 or GNU ls). > > > > An obvious first step was to switch my shell to bash. > > Anyone care to share other tips? Thanks. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TriLUG mailing list > > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > TriLUG mailing list > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ: > http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html > > -- --------------------------------------- Roy Vestal [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.trilug.org/~rvestal I'm not a geek, I just play one on tv. --------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
