Look: I can pat my own back! (Yours, too!)

[Kurt Kessler]

I feel the same way. I've learned alot from the
group, and have gotten a few others to join up. Though
I don't have a schedule that permits me to attend the
meetings, I still get WAY more than I can chew at
once. I REALLY feel that this list is my single best
source of info. If we're givin shouts, I gotta thank
Aarron (for hooking me up with a good school), Duane
(the guy is a freak, knows WAY too much), and Jason.
But yeah, the list is an awesome source of knowledge.
Thanks to everyone.
 
Kurt
 
> --- Seth Dimbert <seth at dimbert.net> wrote:
> > No real content here... I just wanted to share
> this
> > with people who would
> > understand.
> > 
> > Almost a year ago, I first approached the KCLug
> > because I needed a webserver
> > for our internal Intranet at work. Over time, I
> > learned enough to be really
> > dangerous, but, eventually, I got an old Win95 box
> > to run RedHat 7.3, I got
> > the FrontPage Server Extensions installed and -
> > presto! - I was a webmaster.
> > 
> > I've learned a lot since then, am still dangerous,
> > and am currently
> > embroiled in trying to get my old Mac clone at
> home
> > to serve PostNuke.
> > 
> > But, that's not what I'm bragging about. What I am
> > bragging about is this:
> > 
> > Yesterday morning, our IT Guy, whose office is
> next
> > to mine, joked that he's
> > like our Intranet to have a Message Board (like
> the
> > one he uses at
> > theForce.net) so that we could play all those
> silly
> > webboard games that
> > people play online. He was kidding, and we
> certainly
> > don't need a Message
> > Board for our 20 technophobic employees, but the
> > gauntlet had been tossed
> > down (and I had some free time).
> > 
> > So, I assessed the services running on our Linux
> > box, downloaded the newest
> > version of MySQL and installed it, downloaded the
> > newest version of php,
> > made and installed it, then made the necessary
> > changes to my httpd.conf,
> > restarted Apache and downloaded and installed
> phpBB.
> > Then I restarted
> > Apache, crossed my fingers and...
> > 
> > IT WORKED!
> > 
> > Flawlessly. The first time. Just like it's
> supposed
> > to. And I didn't have to
> > get help from anyone. Sure, I did send a short
> email
> > to the list regarding
> > how a missing MySQL Admin password, but I found
> the
> > answer on my own before
> > anyone responded, remember?
> > 
> > So, it seems that the past year of LUG'ging has
> paid
> > off. What have I
> > learned?
> > 
> >  - It really is learnable.
> >  - The sheer volume of linuxdocs makes the RTFM
> > Philosophy almost laughable.
> > It's far, far better to try, fail, search, think,
> > fail again, then find just
> > the right answer.
> >  - Open Source rules.
> >  - People who write Open Source rule.
> >  - People who use Open Source rule.
> >  - I really can do it.
> >  - Few things feel better than banging your head
> > against the wall to solve a
> > problem that you made for yourself to begin with.
> > 
> > Now, I am not - by any stretch of the imagination
> -
> > a Linux Guy. I don't
> > even have access to a Linux workstation, and I've
> > never even installed a GUI
> > on any system I've built. That said, my WinPC at
> > work runs OpenOffice.org
> > and Mozilla and the only reason I still use
> Outlook
> > for e-mail is because
> > the rules say I have to.
> > 
> > I can't describe how good it felt to know that I
> got
> > MySQL and php to run
> > properly and interact with each other and Apache,
> > all on my own. But, then,
> > I don't need to describe the feeling, because
> you've
> > all felt it, too. And,
> > truth be told, I didn't do it on my own... I did
> it
> > with your help.
> > 
> > So, thanks. To all of you. Especially Hal, who
> > helped shlep my first system
> > into a meeting then spent two hours trying
> > (unsuccessfully) to install a
> > distro on it. But, really, thanks to the LUGList.
> It
> > represents the finest
> > of what a tool like an online community can offer.
> > 
> > I didn't mean for this to become my Manifesto or
> > anything... I've run on too
> > long. Anyway, aint' I cool?  :D
> > 
> > 
> > -SD
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > KC Linux Users Group -- to unsubscribe send mail
> to
> > majordomo at kclug.org
> > Enter without the quotes in body of message
> 
> 
> =====
> 32 bit extensions and a graphical
> shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating
> system
> originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written
> by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of
> competition.
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32 bit extensions and a graphical
shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system
originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written
by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition.

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