Linux User Profile

  1. Linux Awareness: When did you first become aware of Linux?

    > 5 Years

    3-5 Years

    1-2 Years

    < 1 Year

    4

    10

    2

    5

  2. Linux Platform

    Platform

    Use

    Count

    Plan to use

    Home

    Work

    > 1 Year

    <= 1 Year

    > 1 Year

    <= 1 Year

    S/390


    11

    6

    3


    2

    Intel

    14

    10

    6

    7



    PowerPC

    1





    1

    Alpha


    2


    2



  3. Linux Usage

    Function

    Package Name(s)

    Platform(s)

    Count

    Mail Server

    Sendmail

    Intel

    3

    S/390

    1

    Alpha

    1

    PostFix

    Intel

    2

    IMAP

    Intel

    1

    Other

    S/390

    1

    Web Server

    Apache

    S/390

    4

    Alpha

    1

    Intel

    5

    IBM HTTPS

    Intel

    1

    WebSphere

    S/390

    1

    DNS

    Bind

    Intel

    5

    Alpha

    1

    S/390

    4

    DNScache (djbdns)

    Intel

    1

    File Server

    Appletalk

    Intel

    1

    NFS

    Intel

    2

    S/390

    2

    Samba

    Intel

    4

    S/390

    3

    Print Server

    LPR

    Intel

    1

    LPRng

    Intel

    2

    Alpha

    1

    S/390

    2

    Samba

    Intel

    3

    S/390

    1

    OCE PRISMA

    Intel

    1

    Database

    DB2 UDB

    S/390

    2

    Intel

    1

    MySQL

    Intel

    2

    Ingres

    S/390

    1

    Tamino

    S/390

    1

    Desktop

    GNOME

    Intel

    5

    Alpha

    1

    S/390

    2

    KDE

    Intel

    4

    Alpha

    1

    S/390

    2

    FVWM

    Intel

    1

    Alpha

    1

    S/390

    1

    VNC

    S/390

    2

    Other

    Firewall

    Intel

    1

    SSH

    S/390

    1

    Development System

    S/390

    2

    PPTP

    S/390

    1

    IP Masq.

    Intel

    1

  4. Linux Plans

    Function

    Package Name(s)

    Platform(s)

    Count

    Mail Server

    IMAP

    S/390

    1

    Undecided

    S/390

    2

    Web Server

    Undecided

    S/390

    2

    DNS

    Dr Bernstein's


    1

    Undecided

    S/390

    2

    File Server

    Undecided

    S/390

    2

    Print Server

    OCE PRISMA

    S/390

    1

    CUPS


    1

    Undecided

    S/390

    2

    Database

    PostgreSQL


    1

    DB2 UDB


    1

    Undecided

    S/390

    2

    Desktop

    KDE2

    Intel

    1

    Alpha

    1

    S/390

    1

    Undecided

    S/390

    2

    Other

    Demonstration

    PowerPC

    1

    Server Consolidation

    S/390

    1

    LDAP

    S/390

    2

    Software Development

    S/390

    1

  5. What Linux distribution(s) do you use (if any)?

    Distribution

    Platform

    Count

    Caldera

    Intel

    2

    Mandrake

    Intel

    2

    Marist

    S/390

    2

    Red Hat

    Intel

    11

    S/390

    3

    SuSE

    S/390

    7

    Intel

    6

    Turbo

    Intel

    1

    S/390

    1

    Slackware

    Intel

    1

  6. Current Training Resources

    Resource

    Count

    None

    2

    Online

    11

    SHARE

    14

    Local User Group

    2

    Courses

    4

    Learning as I go

    16

  7. Future Training Plans

    Resource

    Count

    None

    0

    Online

    9

    SHARE

    14

    Local User Group

    2

    Courses

    10

    Technical Conferences

    2

  8. What topics would you like covered at future SHARE meetings? (In no order)

    1. Linux in SAN; Storage Devices; Backup Methods

    2. Samba:

      1. Using in an NT environment

      2. Under Linux and OS/390

      3. Administration

    3. Linux package utilization

    4. Distribution Comparison

    5. Building packages (make, gcc, etc.)

    6. Kernel Overview

    7. Application Suite Inventory for Linux

    8. Considerations when porting to Linux/390

    9. LDAP

    10. Performance Measurement and Tuning

    11. Managing virtual server farms

    12. Security

      1. General issues

      2. Cracking

      3. IPChains, IP Masquerading and Firewalls

    13. Print Serving on Linux

    14. Apache: CGI, PHP

    15. Linux as a Development Platform

    16. User experiences

    17. Linux Installation and Administration

  9. What Certificate Tracks did you follow this time?

    Track

    Count

    Linux on S/390

    10

    VM Web

    1

    VM Systems Programming

    1

    MVSO

    1

  10. What type of tracks would you been interested in the future?

    Track

    Count

    Linux Administration

    3

    Linux Programming

    1

    Apache: CGI facilities

    1

    Linux Security

    1

    VM for Linux Administrators

    1

  11. IT background

    Background

    Count

    DFSMS

    1

    OS/390

    8

    Software Developer

    1

    PC LAN Support

    1

    Networking

    1

    VM Systems Programmer

    8

    Windows

    2

    Sales

    1

    Printer Services

    1

    UNIX Administrator

    2

    VM SE

    1

    VMS

    1

    Software Engineering

    1

    Operations

    1