[clue-cert] Re: Linux Certification Study Group (LPIC-1)]

[Dave Maddox]

Thanks Ward, your post piqued my interest in the study group. I'll be 
interested to see what wonk-ass is, too, but I can think of a couple of 
criteria, having shoehorned Ubuntu into my tiny Eee PC 2G (512M/2G 
disk). Avoiding the need to search for special fixes and techniques that 
won't be on the exam is the first. Having enough space to freely muck 
with partitioning (and be able to boot differently configured 
partitions), get useful things running in memory without noticeable 
degradation/swapping, and maybe also fairly standard hardware, 
especially boot rom, storage, display, network, audio. Just picture 
yourself learning tennis in your bathroom, then in a field house with 8 
pro courts and air conditioning. Wonk-ass sounds to me like the latter. :-)

Dave

Ward Dduncan a écrit :
> David,
>
> Can you please elaborate a little more on what a "wonk-ass" box is?  I
> know that you say a fast processor and lots of RAM, but what does that
> mean to you?  
>
> "You should bring a wonk-ass box (a computer with a fast processor and
> lots of RAM and a big hard drive), if you can."
>
> On Sun, 2009-02-15 at 10:15 -0700, Dennis J Perkins wrote:
>   
>> email message attachment, "Forwarded message - [clue-admin] Fwd: Linux
>> Certification Study Group (LPIC-1)"
>>     
>>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>> From: David L. Willson <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU>
>>> Reply-to: CLUE admin <clue-admin at cluedenver.org>
>>> To: clue-admin <clue-admin at cluedenver.org>
>>> Subject: [clue-admin] Fwd: Linux Certification Study Group (LPIC-1)
>>> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:52:40 -0700 (MST)
>>>
>>> I'm not a member of clue-cert.  Would someone please forward the below invitation to that list?
>>>
>>> ----- Forwarded Message -----
>>> From: "David L. Willson" <DLWillson at TheGeek.NU>
>>> To: "clue-tech" <clue-tech at cluedenver.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 9:51:46 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
>>> Subject: Fwd: Linux Certification Study Group (LPIC-1)
>>>
>>> The Parsec Group, CoLoCo, CLUE, and I are going to host/facilitate a certification study group.  If you are serious about achieving the LPIC-1 certification, please read on and reply.
>>>
>>> There are only 12 seats, and at least 6 are spoken for already, the remainder are first reply received, first served.  If there is a little interest beyond the 12, I'll wait-list the extras.  If there's a lot, I'll try to get another facilitator and ask Parsec about the other classroom.
>>>
>>> Study sessions will be every Monday evening from 6:30pm to 10PM, beginning Monday, March 16th, and running for 10 sessions.
>>>
>>> We're going to work through the 2nd Edition of Roderick W. Smith's LPIC-1 Study Guide, which comes out in early March.  Please pre-order your copy ASAP so you'll have it before our first meeting.
>>>
>>> Here are two links:
>>>
>>>    http://www.buy.com/prod/lpic-1-linux-professional-institute-certification-study-guide-exams/q/loc/106/209158868.html
>>>    http://www.amazon.com/LPIC-1-Linux-Professional-Institute-Certification/dp/0470404833/
>>>
>>> You should bring a wonk-ass box (a computer with a fast processor and lots of RAM and a big hard drive), if you can.  If you can't, you can use a Parsec box, but you can't take it home with you.
>>>
>>> We'll meet at my office at 999 18th St, Suite 1725, Denver, CO, 80123
>>>
>>> Expectations and advisements:
>>>
>>> Each person will be expected to read the planned chapter(s) before we meet for hands-on practice and group study.
>>>
>>> Each person will be expected to do additional exercises as needed to reinforce unfamiliar concepts.
>>>
>>> Both of the above are outside classroom time.
>>>
>>> You should keep my cell with you in hard copy.  (It's in my signature.)  If you don't make it to a meeting on time, you'll need to call me to let you in.
>>>
>>> You should give me your cell, in case something happens at the last moment.
>>>
>>> When we finish with LPIC-1, if everything went well, we'll begin studying for the Ubuntu Certified Professional add-on exam.
>>>
>>> Sponsors:
>>>
>>> The Parsec Group - Training, Consulting, and Support for OpenVMS, HP Unixen, Linux, Windows, and some other stuph
>>> CoLoCo           - Colorado Ubuntu Local Team or Colorado Local (Ubuntu) Community
>>> CLUE             - Colorado Linux Users and Enthusiasts or Colorado Linux Users Everywhere
>>> David Willson    - I love, engineer, administer, evangelize, and teach Free software, like Linux.
>>>
>>> If you want your name added to the list, buy somebody a book, or (if we end up with a LOT of interest) help facilitate.
>>>
>>> David L. Willson
>>> Network Engineer
>>> MCT, MCSE, Linux+
>>> tel://720.333.LANS
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