wallijonn
Throwin' tantra.
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Which distros have Reiser4? I take it that you don't like OpenBSD and FreeBSD.
It's always something isn't it? You could go with Yoper but you'll need a 686 and are limited to KDE.
Do you run Raptors on your Linux PC?
Did you try VidaLinux yet? Gentoo did a nice job on GNOME2.8. I don't know if it supports XCFE, though. I gave up on VidaLinux after 2 days of useage.
btw, I think you're more than ready for your Linux+ exam. You ought to be able to finish it off in under 1/2 hour. The easiest exam I ever took was Network+. I finished that puppy in under 20 minutes. A+ took me a whole 25 minutes. But I did fail Server+ by 1 point. It was based on unreal world scenarios. I only have over 30 years working with server environments.
This CompTIA test reminds me of MS tests - they wanted the book answer, not the real world answer. I left them a long list of why their questions were unrealistic at the end of the test.
My favourite question was "You walk into a server farm. The door is open, there's floor tiles pulled up off the floor, the server doors are open and unlocked, there's a cup of coffee on the console. Which poses the worst problem?"
They problably wanted the coffee cup.
I thought the fact that someone can come in and throw the power switch because of the open door. My answer is wrong because the power switch is never mentioned. But I have never been in a server farm where the power distribution switch or the air conditioners is / are not in the same room.
That reminds me of the arguement I had with a Compaq instructor who asked on a test - "If a Compaq disk drive is pulled from stock, what are the disk drive jumpers you have to set them to?" 'Ah, ALL Compaq disk drives are set to CS from the factory'. I showed him two pieces of Compaq documentation. He didn't buy it. I told him that I had only been repairing Compaq computers for 10 years - so I know what the jumper is supposed to be set to. My point is that that shouldn't be necessary.
On another point I just addressed the class and told them to ignore what he was saying and told them what to do. I asked them to write what I was about to say down. (The old Compaqs needed a manual partitioning to store the BIOS. He was saying that you just fdisk the whole drive and intall the BIOS onto the HD. Wrong. Can't be done.)
So you may know toooo much about Linux. Just be careful. They usually want the book answers. As you and I both know book answers don't always work.
I ran out of time on MS Server - that was the worse test I ever took. You basically have to know Server, Network Infrastructure, Networking, Network Environment and Active Directory before you take the test. (Just as you should know Server before taking Workstation).
It's always something isn't it? You could go with Yoper but you'll need a 686 and are limited to KDE.
Do you run Raptors on your Linux PC?
Did you try VidaLinux yet? Gentoo did a nice job on GNOME2.8. I don't know if it supports XCFE, though. I gave up on VidaLinux after 2 days of useage.
btw, I think you're more than ready for your Linux+ exam. You ought to be able to finish it off in under 1/2 hour. The easiest exam I ever took was Network+. I finished that puppy in under 20 minutes. A+ took me a whole 25 minutes. But I did fail Server+ by 1 point. It was based on unreal world scenarios. I only have over 30 years working with server environments.
This CompTIA test reminds me of MS tests - they wanted the book answer, not the real world answer. I left them a long list of why their questions were unrealistic at the end of the test.
My favourite question was "You walk into a server farm. The door is open, there's floor tiles pulled up off the floor, the server doors are open and unlocked, there's a cup of coffee on the console. Which poses the worst problem?"
They problably wanted the coffee cup.
That reminds me of the arguement I had with a Compaq instructor who asked on a test - "If a Compaq disk drive is pulled from stock, what are the disk drive jumpers you have to set them to?" 'Ah, ALL Compaq disk drives are set to CS from the factory'. I showed him two pieces of Compaq documentation. He didn't buy it. I told him that I had only been repairing Compaq computers for 10 years - so I know what the jumper is supposed to be set to. My point is that that shouldn't be necessary.
On another point I just addressed the class and told them to ignore what he was saying and told them what to do. I asked them to write what I was about to say down. (The old Compaqs needed a manual partitioning to store the BIOS. He was saying that you just fdisk the whole drive and intall the BIOS onto the HD. Wrong. Can't be done.)
So you may know toooo much about Linux. Just be careful. They usually want the book answers. As you and I both know book answers don't always work.
I ran out of time on MS Server - that was the worse test I ever took. You basically have to know Server, Network Infrastructure, Networking, Network Environment and Active Directory before you take the test. (Just as you should know Server before taking Workstation).
