[9:18:00 AM] Kreg Steppe: Between the time I talked to you last, and now, I re-installed linux on my laptop.
[9:18:18 AM] Steve Ivy: ha!
[9:18:20 AM] Steve Ivy: nicely done
[9:18:46 AM] Kreg Steppe: I love my mac, and this is the closest that I can get to it without having it.
Recently in Linux OS Category
I recently gave a friend a resume to pass along for a linux sys admin position. It was a strange experience, thinking of myself as a systems administrator. But as I went through to tweak my resumee for the position, I realized that I’ve done quite a bit of it over the years (as any web developer must).
Back in ‘96 I helped set up and maintain a FreeBSD web and file server. I maintained our teams email accounts on it (configuring and maintaining IMAP in the process), managed the Apache web server and a dozen or so perl CGI scripts. I also managed the FTP services, and even re-compiled the kernel to add in AppleTalk support (didn’t sleep much that night! shudder)
Later on I helped set up a linux webserver running Apache, tomcat, and CVS for a team at Compass.
More recently yet I managed a Mac OS X server running CVS, the usual net services (ftp, ssh, etc) and WebObjects. I also spent a lot of time automating the major boring stuff with a little help from my friends.
Finally, I’ve got opus, my own linux box, running here behind my firewall, automating stuff like processing my server logs.
Gee, who knew? I still have a lot to learn, and I’m glad for opus ‘cause it gives me a platform to hack on.
It turns out I did not get the position (they used someone internally), but it did give me a new appreciation for what I’ve learned over the years, and how much more I can learn - which gives me hope!
Inspired to go looking after Dave linked to the perl.org RSS feeds of their job listings, I just found that jobmart.com has feeds of each of their job databases:
- Mac OS X: http://macosx.jobmart.com/Resumes/JobOpennings/RssFeed
- Linux: http://linux.jobmart.com/Resumes/JobOpennings/RssFeed
- Python, Plone, Zope: http://python.jobmart.com/Resumes/JobOpennings/RssFeed
- Wireless: http://wireless.jobmart.com/Resumes/JobOpennings/RssFeed
Very cool! I’ve subscribed to several.
Well, Opus is halfway to being properly installed in the closet. Right now it’s in the closet, but still attached to a monitor/kbd, as I’m not quite ready to let it run unattended.
Geez - so much bruhah to update the system. System Update it ain’t.
