Well, this has been interesting. Probably the biggest objection that I have gotten thus far on linux has been the unidentifiable resources (software and support). So the suggestion was made to identify the support resources and I like that idea and thinking that there were a number of people in the marketplace doing computer support, I tossed out the concept of putting together a list of people who could back me up. I had been thinking about Debian on the system but then backtracked to Redhat since they seem to be well enough known at least the name. So I offered to compile a list of people capable of performing at least on some level, administration on redhat servers. 1 person checked in with me so far, obviously very capable and much more knowledgable than I am on linux and politely told me that he's interested but not if sendmail is installed...he won't touch a computer that has sendmail installed (you gotta love linux people). So Derek suggests Debian which is making sense to me since there's no one around town that I can list as redhat backup administration anyway and I go to www.debian.org/consultants/ and not a single person is listed in Arizona. So I'm convinced that there is a total vacuum in Arizona for competent linux support people. I'm convinced that we should have a list of local support people on the PLUG website. Craig On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 05:41, Aaron Cordova wrote: > > This is a good idea, I would like to see this feature on the site. > > > > > > >From: Craig White > >Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > >Subject: plug website idea > >Date: 19 Jan 2003 22:26:44 -0700 > > > >It used to be a popular thing in the various Apple Users groups... > > > >to have a 'helpers' list where people would register as being capable of > >helping out on specific things... > >- Distro's > > - redhat > > - mandrake > > - debian > > - slackware > > - and keep listing them > >- Applications > > - gimp > > - pine > > - and keep listing them > >- Daemons > > - sendmail > > - apache > > - uw-imap > > - and keep listing them > > > >and even have another listing of people that can be hired for hourly > >work broken down by some categories > >