[sf-lug] efi and secure boot

Sat Oct 13 15:57:45 PDT 2012

I'm curious if anyone on the list is actually using efi or secure boot.
Every linux box I've seen is still running mbr. Bobbie, do you actually use
it?

On Oct 13, 2012 12:01 PM, <sf-lug-request at linuxmafia.com> wrote:

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Today's Topics:

   1. Got a brand new white board to give away as I cannot      feasibly
      use it (Andrew Udvare)
   2. Re: [JOB POSTING] Linux System Administrator, Berkeley, $55K
      + (Paul Ivanov)
   3. Re: [JOB POSTING] Linux System Administrator, Berkeley, $55K
      + (jim)
   4. Linux Foundation's plan to deal with Secure Boot (Bobbie Sellers)

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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:46:33 -0700
From: Andrew Udvare <audvare at gmail.com>
To: "sf-lug at linuxmafia.com" <sf-lug at linuxmafia.com>
Subject: [sf-lug] Got a brand new white board to give away as I cannot
        feasibly use it
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Hi all,
I bought this white board

http://www.amazon.com/Quartet-Standard-Classroom-Whiteboard-EMA406/dp/B0002LCU1Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1350077850&sr=8-1&keywords=quartet+4x6

It is way too big for my needs and it is basically just taking up space in
my place (a not very large apartment).

I am more than happy to give it out for free to a local school that needs
it or similar. It's still in the box, never opened.

Please let me know. Call me at 510-612-5965

Just so you know, it's quite large: ~80 x 55 x 3 in and 40 pounds. You will
definitely need a decently sized vehicle for this to fit (or I suppose you
could put it on top of a vehicle).

Andrew
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:14:15 -0700
From: Paul Ivanov <pi at berkeley.edu>
To: sf-lug at linuxmafia.com
Cc: working at voleon.com
Subject: Re: [sf-lug] [JOB POSTING] Linux System Administrator,
        Berkeley, $55K +
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jim, on 2012-10-12 11:21,  wrote:
> Responsibilities:
> ? Support internal development and QA environment
> ? Install and maintain Linux and other software packages
> ? Specify and maintain computers, networking hardware, machine room
>   infrastructure, phone system, etc.
> ? Design, deploy, and administer state-of-the-art research clusters,
>   including GPGPU nodes
> ? Design and enhance monitoring systems for production equipment
>   and research clusters
> ? Configure, tune, and maintain PostgreSQL and MySQL databases,
>   as data warehouses and in production environment
> ? Propose new technologies to address specific business needs
>
> Qualifications:
> ? Experience managing remotely hosted production systems
> ? UNIX guru, especially Linux; other UNIXen including Mac OS X a plus
> ? Scripting language skills (Python, bash, shutils, etc)
> ? Experience with research computing / hybrid CPU-GPU clusters a plus
> ? Experience with large-scale, real-time, concurrent systems a plus
> ? Experience with distributed data systems (Hadoop, Cassandra, Riak,
>   GridSQL, etc.) a plus
> ? Background in financial systems a plus
> ? Live in or near Berkeley; be willing to come in occasionally at
>   odd hours
>
> Benefits include 401k, health/vision/dental insurance with employer
> contribution, plus vacation.  Compensation starts at 55k+bonus.
> Interested applicants are encouraged to send a cover letter and
> resume to working at voleon.com

potential curmudgeon warning: Because this is a publicly archived
list, and I believe that people ought to be paid what they're
worth, and this seemed like an outrageously low salary given the
set of qualifications and responsibilities, I wanted to respond.

According to salary.com, the median sys admin salary in the
Berkeley area [1] is $82K, with only 10% of sys admins making less
than $62K. The proposed salary is barely in the lowest 10th
percentile *nationally* [2], and that's before making any
deference to the much higher-than-average cost of living in the
Bay Area.

The posting on voleon.com for this same position states:
"Benefits and compensation are highly competitive" and I just
wanted to point out, in case the folks over at valeon.com were
not aware, that this is actually not the case.

1.
http://swz.salary.com/SalaryWizard/systems-administrator-Salary-Details-94720.aspx
2. http://www1.salary.com/systems-administrator-Salary.html

better,
--
Paul Ivanov
http://pirsquared.org | GPG/PGP key id: 0x0F3E28F7

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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:21:16 -0700
From: jim <jim at well.com>
To: Paul Ivanov <pi at berkeley.edu>
Cc: sf-lug at linuxmafia.com, working at voleon.com
Subject: Re: [sf-lug] [JOB POSTING] Linux System Administrator,
        Berkeley, $55K +
Message-ID: <1350084076.2295.83.camel at jim-LAPTOP>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

    curmudgeons are welcome and with thanks.

    some years ago those who were active decided
on the current job posting policy: gotta be in
ASCII text format, no more than five paragraphs,
must state position title, city location, and at
least the lowest salary range (this because of
some postings that specified a range from ...
to ...).
    One poster specified the SF city's minimum
wage. I don't know who might have applied.
    I figure let 'em post. We have the opportunity
to ignore, to apply and demand more, to take a
low price and try to negotiate something else....

On Fri, 2012-10-12 at 15:14 -0700, Paul Ivanov wrote:
> jim, on 2012-10-12 11:21,  wrote:
> > Responsibilities:
> > ? Support internal development and QA environment
> > ? Install and maintain Linux and other software packages
> > ? Specify and maintain computers, networking hardware, machine room
> >   infrastructure, phone system, etc.
> > ? Design, deploy, and administer state-of-the-art research clusters,
> >   including GPGPU nodes
> > ? Design and enhance monitoring systems for production equipment
> >   and research clusters
> > ? Configure, tune, and maintain PostgreSQL and MySQL databases,
> >   as data warehouses and in production environment
> > ? Propose new technologies to address specific business needs
> >
> > Qualifications:
> > ? Experience managing remotely hosted production systems
> > ? UNIX guru, especially Linux; other UNIXen including Mac OS X a plus
> > ? Scripting language skills (Python, bash, shutils, etc)
> > ? Experience with research computing / hybrid CPU-GPU clusters a plus
> > ? Experience with large-scale, real-time, concurrent systems a plus
> > ? Experience with distributed data systems (Hadoop, Cassandra, Riak,
> >   GridSQL, etc.) a plus
> > ? Background in financial systems a plus
> > ? Live in or near Berkeley; be willing to come in occasionally at
> >   odd hours
> >
> > Benefits include 401k, health/vision/dental insurance with employer
> > contribution, plus vacation.  Compensation starts at 55k+bonus.
> > Interested applicants are encouraged to send a cover letter and
> > resume to working at voleon.com
>
> potential curmudgeon warning: Because this is a publicly archived
> list, and I believe that people ought to be paid what they're
> worth, and this seemed like an outrageously low salary given the
> set of qualifications and responsibilities, I wanted to respond.
>
> According to salary.com, the median sys admin salary in the
> Berkeley area [1] is $82K, with only 10% of sys admins making less
> than $62K. The proposed salary is barely in the lowest 10th
> percentile *nationally* [2], and that's before making any
> deference to the much higher-than-average cost of living in the
> Bay Area.
>
> The posting on voleon.com for this same position states:
> "Benefits and compensation are highly competitive" and I just
> wanted to point out, in case the folks over at valeon.com were
> not aware, that this is actually not the case.
>
>
> 1.
http://swz.salary.com/SalaryWizard/systems-administrator-Salary-Details-94720.aspx
> 2. http://www1.salary.com/systems-administrator-Salary.html
>
> better,
> --
> Paul Ivanov
> http://pirsquared.org | GPG/PGP key id: 0x0F3E28F7
>
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 07:17:06 -0700
From: Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com>
To: SF-LUG <sf-lug at linuxmafia.com>
Subject: [sf-lug] Linux Foundation's plan to deal with Secure Boot
Message-ID: <507977E2.50900 at dslextreme.com>
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     Hi LUGgers,
         Found the broken URL on a Usenet newsgroup.
     Usual static on the newsgroup about cooperation with MS so I hope
that the more knowledgeable Linux users will read this and comment
intelligently to the advantage of the users.

<
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/blogs/browse/2012/10/linux-foundation-uefi-secure-boot-system-open-source
>

     Thanks for your attention

     Bobbie Sellers

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