[Ubuntu-SG] New to singapore

[Ben De Luca]

There are of course other stuff that I can include such as setup your own
BIND, ISC-DHCP and such.

setting a modern and safe bind is lots of work these days.

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 8:19 PM, Muhammad Heidir <md.heidir at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Guys,
>
> Can we do something productive instead of griping over age old issues that
> will never be resolved if nothing is done.
>
> First and foremost, Ben needs resources for someone who is
> Linux-proficient, or I would say Linux literate.
> Secondly, if we are going to rekindle the fire that is burning off, let’s
> think of something to help spread Linux.
>
> Its near the end of the year, we can start to plan ahead of the things
> that we can do for the community. The last I hear was from Koh Suhaw who
> setup an IT space with PPIS Jurong using Linux. Nobody lent a hand.
>
> I for one intend to hold simple hands on training on getting users to
> install Ubuntu, run a web server and probably learn PHP and HTML to get
> started. This is good as an introductory lesson to Ubuntu.
> There are of course other stuff that I can include such as setup your own
> BIND, ISC-DHCP and such.
>
> I feel like giving back to the community what ever experience I gained
> through my work in the IT industry over the years and share with them,
> probably spark an interest to get Linux moving forward.
>
> Let me know your thoughts. We can start simply from a small group of
> secondary students. Whoever has contacts with a secondary school teacher
> may be able to assist in this.
>
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> On 21 Nov 2014, at 19:56, billy am <wickedpuppy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hmms ... I am sure there are small such companies. After all , my first
> job was in a company of 2 men , including me.
> But we were geeks. I meant to say most SMEs. The issue is something Heidir
> already mentioned , persuading the management.
>
> Isn't training to be managers same as office workers? Unless managers are
> different from others.
>
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> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 7:45 PM, Chow Loong Jin <hyperair at ubuntu.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 01:26:29PM +0800, billy am wrote:
>> > Redhat has. Canonical I am not sure ... Mark did come down to Singapore
>> > before. Suse yes.
>>
>> Red Hat's mostly a sales office, as are most other multi-national
>> companies
>> (e.g. Google, Facebook) which have bases in Singapore. I think the only
>> major
>> large corporation with a real coding base here is PayPal.
>>
>> > NUS mirrors everything btw. Including CRAN , CPAN , etc ... But again ,
>> the
>> > Universities train office workers/drones , not technologists/hackers.
>> Pls
>> > keep it in mind.
>>
>> Not quite, they train people who think that coding is a stepping stone
>> toward
>> management. And then they become managers and hang up whatever little
>> xcoding
>> skills they had in the first place.
>>
>> > 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.
>>
>> Eh speak for yourself. I used to work in an SME with only 3 people (aside
>> from
>> me). They're doing pretty well, and they're mostly a Linux shop.
>>
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>> Loong Jin
>>
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