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Following a theme: Help build a better birdhouse

February 27, 2011 – 10:00 am

I originally wrote this post as a comment responese to Robyn’s ‘We might be giants‘ article, but decided it needed more. Please take a moment and read this article, I think it is very poignant and valuable to everyone.

I’m very happy to read this article. I’ve never really thought about the lyrics to the song, but it makes perfect sense. If I may, I’d take this concept a bit further, focusing on what is important to you in ‘life’. In fact, replacing almost every instance of ‘Fedora’ with life also works.

What I mean by this, is find that passion, find that joy, find that night light that makes you happy in ‘life’. I’ve never been good at metaphors like this, but I am going to be using this one, now.

I hope that every Fedora contributor thinks about what you have written and takes to their hearts the value of Red Hat and the Fedora Project. I truly believe in this community and am truly blessed to have so many amazing and awesome friends here.

For me, what makes me happy in life, beyond my family time and my kids, is the Fedora Project. I am not kidding, I really mean that from the bottom of my heart. The Fedora Project has given me more than I have contributed, been my mentor in many places and given me a career I wouldn’t have otherwise. I will always be grateful to my friends who got me involved with this amazing people.

I’ve been doing a bit of navel gazing lately. As I depart SCaLE later today, I have been thinking about what reasons I work in the Fedora Project. I think a lot of us didn’t get into Fedora for altruistic reasons, but after a while, they are the reasons to stay. Why do you stay?

I would like to invite everyone else to think in this way. Come up with some sort of project or activity that takes a few hours or a few weeks and make a plan. Share your plan, invite your friends to help make a better birdhouse!

Cheers,

Clint

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Fedora Activity Day at SCaLE 9x: Sysadmin Study Group

February 23, 2011 – 10:27 am

I believe it’s a very common desire to improve your skillset as a tech geek. I believe there are many people out there who just want to learn how to do a few things so they can get their job done. I also believe that many people would like to make more money at their job, either as a System Administrator or to become a sysadmin.

The question is, how do you gain the skills to become a better sysadmin?

In my opinion, one of the best ways to gain experience quickly, is to participate in training classes, such as the amazing classes run by Red Hat. But sometimes, those cost a ton of money, and the current company doesn’t want to foot the bill. Of course, you are trying to save your pennies to get to there, but that can take time.

However, there are cheaper alternatives. I believe the community is the best way overall to gain this knowledge. While it takes a bit more time to get there, over time, you can learn a major portion of what it takes to become a skilled sysadmin.

Local User Groups

I suggest attending a Local User Group that specializes in Linux administration. These groups take one topic per month and can educate you (usually) for free. I really enjoy my LUGs and have gained tons of knowledge over the years.

Conference Events

Many conferences, like SCaLE, offer space to communities to run day long activities. The Fedora Activity Day at SCaLE is a good example of where you can quickly gain skills as a system administrator for a very low cost. If you are looking to improve your system administration skillset, I highly recommend attending the FAD at SCaLE this year.

Sysadmin Study Group at SCaLE 9x

When: Friday, February 25, 9am to 5pm

Where: Los Angeles Airport Hilton, Century B

The study group is about helping you become a better system administrator and there will be experts on hand to help you study. We will also be providing an installation server with Fedora 14, which will be used to build your virtual or physical machine and give you real hands on experience with the sysadmin tasks.

Machine Requirements

KVM capable system with approximately 20GB of disk space free

Physical Laptop with ethernet and PXE (preferred), USB or CD/DVD booting capability

Register Today

I look forward to seeing you all come and improve your skills on Friday, and the entire cost is just what it takes to get into SCaLE, $70. Register now!

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SLLUG Daytime: Vim 101 and Beyond

February 2, 2010 – 12:23 pm

Well, it’s that time of month again, time to come to BetaLoftSLC, eat some lunch (brown bagging is encouraged) and listen to a good technical talk. This month, we have Mr. Adam Barrett, a Senior Software Developer at SOS Staffing in Salt Lake City, who will be taking some time to talk with us about Vim. Here is a little snippet from Adam:

Vim 101 and Beyond

Vim is the editor of choice for many developers and power users. It’s a “modal” text editor based on the vi editor written by Bill Joy in the 1970s for a version of UNIX. It inherits the key bindings of vi, but also adds a great deal of functionality and extensibility that are missing from the original vi. This session will cover the beginnings (101) and the first set of intermediate (201) modes and commands for vim.

If you would like to join us, just head on down via train, car (parking is free on the street for two hours just east and west of BetaLoftSLC), walk or bike to:

WHEN

Wednesday, February 10, 2010
11:30am-1:00pm

WHERE

BetaLoft SLC

357 W 200 S #201

Salt Lake City, Utah

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Come learn some tips and tricks about Vim. We hope to see you all there.