[Ubuntu-SG] New to singapore

Fri Nov 21 05:40:54 UTC 2014

LOL. Same here. US mirrors usually does the trick.

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On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Ravi Mohan <faileas.greywolf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> NTUOSS also used to have mirrors ages ago - No idea if they are still
> maintained. In my experience though, most local mirrors for ubuntu seem
> *horrifically* unreliable - I tend to use the US one for my VMs and
> fileserver
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 1:26 PM, billy am <wickedpuppy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Redhat has. Canonical I am not sure ... Mark did come down to Singapore
>> before. Suse yes.
>>
>> NUS mirrors everything btw. Including CRAN , CPAN , etc ... But again ,
>> the Universities train office workers/drones , not technologists/hackers.
>> Pls keep it in mind.
>>
>> Linux is cheaper ONLY if in large numbers. For SMEs , Linux is a
>> nightmare. Windows admins with 3 - 4 years experience can be found for
>> below 2k / mth , if you know where and how to find.
>>
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>> http://billyam.com  || http://use-r.com  || http://shinyserver.com (BETA)
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>> SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9
>> Oracle SQL Expert(11g)
>>
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>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Ben De Luca <bdeluca at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Do any of the linux vendors? canonical, redhat have a presence in
>>> Singapore?
>>>
>>> I saw the one ubuntu mirror at NUS, so some where out there there is a
>>> university with some linux :)
>>>
>>> We use linux as we think it is cheaper than trying to do the same thing
>>> in windows. Performance, stability and the ability to look at what is wrong
>>> is why we prefer it.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 6:43 PM, billy am <wickedpuppy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Nice. I suppose it may comes handy one day. Maybe I will put it up when
>>>> I marry ... LOL
>>>>
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>>>> Oracle SQL Expert(11g)
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>>>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Muhammad Heidir <md.heidir at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey,
>>>>>
>>>>> The standing banner is still with me…..
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,     Muhammad Heidir  | Father, Husband, IT Freak
>>>>> SystemX | Punggol Arcadia
>>>>> Mobile: +65 9026 6674
>>>>>       Website   Email <md.heidir at gmail.com>    Map
>>>>> <https://maps.google.com.sg/?q=627A+Aljunied+Road,+BizTech+Centre,+#05-07,%20Singapore%20389842>
>>>>> vCard
>>>>>
>>>>> On 20 Nov 2014, at 16:45, billy am <wickedpuppy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Well , thats true. We all graduated from TUSG I suppose. I wonder who
>>>>> still have the standing banner ....
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9
>>>>> Oracle SQL Expert(11g)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Ho Yi Hao Pipat <yihao.ho at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Ha. Been so long ya see. Almost forgotten about this mailing list.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:21 billy am <wickedpuppy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ahem , there are always people in this list you know. Just that not
>>>>>>> much to talk about. And we are all busy with work. In fact , I am on a
>>>>>>> block leave , 1 week , thats why I am talking. Otherwise , no. My company
>>>>>>> blocks all websites containing "mail" , so gmail , hotmail , yahoo mail ,
>>>>>>> all blocked by firewall.
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9
>>>>>>> Oracle SQL Expert(11g)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 4:18 PM, Ho Yi Hao Pipat <yihao.ho at gmail.com
>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Wow. Finally some life in this mailing list.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You all know, it boils down to... MONEY.   Hehe
>>>>>>>> On Nov 20, 2014 2:04 PM, "Chow Loong Jin" <hyperair at ubuntu.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Ya know, I don't really see a shortage of Linux people in
>>>>>>>>> Singapore these days.
>>>>>>>>> Or maybe it's because I hang around HackerspaceSG where every
>>>>>>>>> other member has a
>>>>>>>>> server running Linux somewhere.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Anyway, welcome to Singapore, Ben. Do drop by
>>>>>>>>> http://hackerspace.sg sometime.
>>>>>>>>> It's a cool place. :)
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>> Loong Jin
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