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06-29-2004, 12:15 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: 35.7480° N, 95.3690° W
Distribution: Debian, Gentoo, Red Hat, Solaris
Posts: 2,070
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I got a Linux job!!
After working for well over 2 years in Windoze tech support I finally got a job administering Linux servers! There are still some that are Windows but most are Linux. So, everyone congratulate me!!

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06-29-2004, 12:22 PM
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Registered: Oct 2003
Location: Portland, Maine
Distribution: Gentoo 2004_2 2.6.7r14
Posts: 160
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you are so so lucky, I once had a solaris admin job till the comapny went offshore CHEAP AZZ BASTIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! arghhhhhh
Congrats man they need any more help 
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06-29-2004, 12:36 PM
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Guru
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: ~
Distribution: Ubuntu, FreeBSD, Solaris, DSL
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Congratulations darthtux!!!
Represent well the Linux community there  . I'm sure you will  .
Cheers!
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06-29-2004, 12:39 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Kent, England
Distribution: Lubuntu
Posts: 19,088
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Big ol' congratulations! (Now you are all professional, don't forget where you came from *cough* LQ *cough*) 
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06-29-2004, 12:45 PM
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Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Miami FL
Distribution: Mac OS X 10.4.11 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
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Absolute congratulations! 
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06-29-2004, 01:37 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2004
Location: midwest
Distribution: fedora core 1
Posts: 12
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you suck!! I'm just joking
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06-29-2004, 01:43 PM
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Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Austin TX
Distribution: ArchLinux
Posts: 67
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kickass dude! How many servers/people served/how much traffic?
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06-29-2004, 03:16 PM
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Member
Registered: Oct 2003
Location: UK, Manchester
Distribution: Gentoo (2.6.10-r4) & Ubuntu
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Congratulations. I've just started a new job too, but just for my summer break from uni dealing with social security benefit queries
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06-29-2004, 03:18 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Kent, England
Distribution: Lubuntu
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dave_starsky - you work in a Jobcentre? I did that for 2 years. Enjoy 
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06-29-2004, 03:43 PM
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Registered: May 2004
Location: california
Distribution: mdklinux8.1
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Darthtux:
congratulations!!!! atta way to go!
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06-29-2004, 03:44 PM
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Registered: Sep 2003
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thats pimp!.. my company is about to deploy linux to about 4,000 desktops... they anticipate about 14,000 more after this initial deployment.. I am a contractor I am hoping to score sometime of full time linux gig when this happens though 
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06-29-2004, 03:53 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jun 2003
Distribution: Debian/other
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Congratulations Darth - good to see 
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06-29-2004, 06:27 PM
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Member
Registered: Aug 2003
Distribution: Mandriva, Slackware
Posts: 265
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darthtux, i envy you (in a good way of course) congrats!! 
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06-29-2004, 07:01 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Feb 2002
Location: harvard, il
Distribution: Ubuntu 11.4,DD-WRT micro plus ssh,lfs-6.6,Fedora 15,Fedora 16
Posts: 2,901
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WOW, nice job!
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06-29-2004, 08:01 PM
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Member
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Distribution: Slackware-Current
Posts: 129
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Congratulations darth...
and best of luck to everyone who is searching for a job (including myself)
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