The Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) returns returns to the Ohio LinuxFest. There will be two deployments of the Linux Terminal Server Project at the Ohio LinuxFest. Linux Terminal Server Project Administration tutorial. Free public Internet kiosks at the the DisklessWorkstations.com table, Friday September 25 only. More LTSP Administration Tutorial info: Within the Ohio LinuxFest…
This is a fun foray into a wonderful geeky world. I am listening to a netcast here http://www.tllts.org/ They are talking about OLF. It seems that a couple, Randy Noseworthy and Janet Edmonson, are going to “merge their lives into a single source” (get married) at the event. The officiants for this service will be…
This press release has not made the rounds so I thought I would share it. Besides the content below which might convince your boss to send you or something – one of the LOPSA sponsored OLFU classes has an angel offering a $50 discount. Register for Shawn’s class Linux Terminal Server Project Administration to get…
The seventh Ohio LinuxFest is happening very soon, September 25-27, 2009, in scenic Downtown Columbus, Ohio. This will be the third year that LOPSA will offer classes in partnership with OLF. I’m a proud and active member of LOPSA but I’m also an organizer of the Ohio LinuxFest. Wearing my OLF hat I’d like to…
Wow! I just looked at the speaker list for the Ohio Linux Festival and I am really excited I will be there. (I am embarrassed that I had not looked closely at the program before.) LOPSA will be there offering some great training. We will also have a booth and we could use some help…
What’s worse, because they aren’t tasked with understanding how people in different parts of a company do their jobs, IT managers often can’t appreciate how profoundly certain tools can improve how we work. Why corporate IT should unchain our office computers. – By Farhad Manjoo – Slate Magazine. At first glance, this article made me…
The Arizona Business and Liberty Experience Conference (ABLEconf) is soliciting presentations for its second annual conference. ABLEconf will take place on Saturday, October 24th, 2009 at the University of Advancing Technology (UAT) in Tempe, Arizona. Continuing ABLEconf’s drive to showcase free and open source software for business, we are seeking presentations in either 20 or…
I joined Lopsa because I feel that it is important to “professionalize” the practice of System Administration. So what does “professionalize” mean? According to Webster it means “to give a professional character to” where professional means “characterized by or conforming to the technical or ethical standards of a profession” and “having a particular profession as…
For some reason, I get a lot of resumes from people who sign their resumes and emails (including the GECOS fields) with their irc/renaissance faire/SCA/WoW handles .. I should not have to be saying this to grown men and women (let’s face it, it’s men, and they’re not that grown), but if you cannot sign…