Re: [techtalk] system administration responsibilities question

2001-06-06 Thread Kai MacTane
At 6/6/01 03:39 PM , Yvonne wrote: >If you are the system administrator over a (web) server, do you administer >all the services on that box? Including databases? ... >Is this the way it's done in the "real world?" Or does it vary, according >to the size of the company? IME, it varies according

[techtalk] damn Windows

2001-06-06 Thread Scott
I tried, I really tried. I work in a 100% MS shop. I bagged my Linux distro recently in favor of Win 2K Server to keep up with what I was doing at work. I thought this way I will not spend time with Linux and spend more time with Win 2K to improve my work. Phew--I was wrong. I have wasted

[techtalk] system administration responsibilities question

2001-06-06 Thread Yvonne
Hi, all. I'm unlurking here... Here is a question for anyone who deals with the web in some way in their system administration job... actually, for any sysadmin... If you are the system administrator over a (web) server, do you administer all the services on that box? Including databases? We hav

Re: [techtalk] Opinion needed on Mail Clients

2001-06-06 Thread Kelly McQuarrie
Hi Claudine: I've been using pine since I switch to unix so I can't compare it to anything else. Why do you like mutt better? Maybe I should switch? -Kelly On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Claudine Chionh wrote: > Hi Michelle and others, > > On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 12:24:05PM -0700, Michelle Dukich <[EMA

Re: [issues] Re: [techtalk] Desktop OS?

2001-06-06 Thread coldfire
> question they can't answer and give up: do your LUG members go round and > help newbies through the installation if they have problems, then get them > started with Gnome/KDE?? sure do .. it was always an asset to have my laptop with me at the meetings to show new desktops or whatever .. like

Re: [issues] Re: [techtalk] Desktop OS?

2001-06-06 Thread James Sutherland
On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, coldfire wrote: > in response to the idea of bringing linux into the mainstream ... i've > found that LUG participation focuses in almost all cases primarily on this > cause. the majority of time i've spent at lug meetings has been educating > the new comers to linux or else