Message-ID: <199812111846.UAA21452@linux.lisse.na> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 20:46:05 +0200 From: Dr Eberhard W Lisse <mailto:el@LINUX.LISSE.NA> Subject: Re: Urgent Need for Training in Linux/xNIX System Administration To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
Brian,In message <mailto:31A184E41A05D2118BD700609777409508E9F6@maf.or.ke>, Brian Longwe writes:
> Ultimately, the Association would be interested in carrying out real
> workshops, where experts in the field can come in and impart
> knowledge to the attendants. This is where I put my request to this
> list's audience. We need experts in Linux / xNIX / TCPIP / Security
> etc... who can come to Kenya and conduct training
> sessions/workshops. What advice can you give us?
First of all, some things you do NOT want to do:
1) Do not accept advice, funds, and in particular consultants from the UNDP, in particular not the SDNP program.
2) Do not accept advice, funds, and in particular consultants from the World Bank, in particular not the InfoDev program.
3) Do not accept advice, funds, and in particular consultants from USAID, in particular not from the Leland initiative. Do not even allow any of their representative to enter the building. That might be difficult, however, some consultants purporting to work out of Marocco will tell you Kenya is entitled.
4) Repeat after me: "I will not touch UNDP, World Bank and in particular Unot SAID with a long pole."
Now the things you might want to do:
1a) Get the RedHat CD ROM of Linux 5.2 from redhat.com. Mission Aviation can foot the bill and bring it in. If money is really an object, get them from CheapBytes.
1b) Get a more or less loaded (16MB, better 32 or even 64) 486 (or better 586/686) with a largish hard disk (at least 1 Gig, better 3 or more if you are on the net, you'll see why on your own :-)-O) Any decent ethernet card will do, any modem if you are not on the net directly, and a printer (ink splasher gives you most value for money I reckon.
1c) Get the two local persons who are most interested in the project, let them install the sucker, and try to get it to work. (All necessary documentation is on the CD ROMs)
1d) And try again...
1e) And again...
1f) And again...
1g) And again...
1h) And again...
1i) When they got it working, let them set up a few users and try and set up the printer. That will result in going to step 1d.
2) Ask the people at Moi University's Computer Science at Eldoret, if their box is still running. Convince them to conduct an install fest (go to 1b/c).
3) Play with it (go to 1d).
4) Play with it (go to 1d).
5) Play with it (go to 1d).
6) Apply for two spots on the ISOC workshop for developing countries, in two different tracks. When they come back, throw the BSD CD ROMs away and go back to 1d if necessary.
greetings, el