My nickname in the IRC client is DarkKnight....and below is Norbert from Hungary whom i met on the IRC client
norbert79: Lets discuss this not in the common part
norbert79: Name is Norbert from Hungary
DarkKnight: Hi Norbert....nice to meet you
norbert79: Same here, nice to meet you too
DarkKnight: so wat do u do...i mean..u work??
norbert79: I work for an IT company working for Security
norbert79: and you?
DarkKnight: i m a 3rd year Btech student....DarkKnight: CSE brnch
DarkKnight: *branch
norbert79: Nice...
DarkKnight: so u work in a linux based company
norbert79: And any plans for the future? Any companies you would like to work for?
norbert79: Well, I work for a company, which supports Linux pretty well
norbert79: yet I am not in development, or at a department which needs Linux as tool for the daily work
norbert79: but I am using it on my business laptop
norbert79: and home too
norbert79: I am using Linux since 2003, as an ONLY OS since 2005
norbert79: ONLY OS = i don't have any other OS on my own PC
DarkKnight: ya i m looking forward for Open Source companies.... wanted to be a hacker like Richard Stallman
DarkKnight: probably soon start my own services for linux later
norbert79: Well, Richard is more like an activist, and a philospher, I don't know how good he is as a programmer :)
norbert79: sounds great
DarkKnight: or maybe u can say....Linus Trowalds
DarkKnight: thanq
norbert79: You should also try to get the book about Operating Systems from Andrew S Tannebaum, the teacher of Linus
norbert79: And "Computer Networks"
norbert79: I have both, both are great books on undertsanding operating systems
norbert79: but you should try to go through this uide first:
DarkKnight: ya i just had both the subjects last sem....
norbert79: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/sag/sag.pdf
norbert79: thats great, you are familiar with both then
DarkKnight: but i shld say.....networks broke my head
norbert79: hehhe
norbert79: No wonder :)
DarkKnight: lots of theory
norbert79: not the easiest topic
DarkKnight: and the different semaphore algorithm in OS...pretty hard to remember
DarkKnight: ya lots of theory
norbert79: I still find it hard to understand :)
DarkKnight: u still find it hard....i didnt understand the whole.....
norbert79: but you would like to be a real hacker user, not a hardcore dev yet... Lets go step by step :)
norbert79: May I be curious?
DarkKnight: no problem....its technical...so i dont mind
norbert79: My first question: do you understand the difference between the term 'Linux' and 'Distribution'?
norbert79: I am just curious :)
DarkKnight: yes...linux is a kernel.....
norbert79: nice... And? What makes a distribution a distribution?
DarkKnight: and distribution is something like a collection of softwares and the whole OS makes aa distribution
norbert79: well done
DarkKnight: thanxx
DarkKnight: well ur 1st qustion
norbert79: you seem to understand some parts well by now
norbert79: I am all ears
norbert79: :)
norbert79: go on
DarkKnight: i just don't want to be a hacker...
norbert79: hacker is more like someone
norbert79: who is modifying an application or part of it
DarkKnight: i want to learn hacking so that maybe it can help me to be a
developer
norbert79: to make his/her work easier
DarkKnight: ya
DarkKnight: but the final goal is to be a developer
norbert79: yes, but that is why you need to understand terms like init/upstart, /dev filesytsem, /sys, /proc, login, getty, and lot more
DarkKnight: ohh.. yes....
DarkKnight: i just went thru the 1st few pages of SAG......
DarkKnight: saw just the intro of init
norbert79: thats a good stuff for beginners
DarkKnight: one of the basic commands of UNIX
DarkKnight: ya
norbert79: pretty 'thick', but has a lot of important information in it
DarkKnight: yes
DarkKnight: init 0
DarkKnight: for shutdown
DarkKnight: init 6 for restart
DarkKnight: but i dont know the othet init's
norbert79: you should also try different distributions, like Gentoo or Fedora, or go for UNIXes too, like Open/FreeBSD
norbert79: init 0 is the command on telling init on going to the runlevel 0
norbert79: init uses different runlevels
DarkKnight: ohh yes...i used Fedora for a month or so....
norbert79: where you can define what applications to start
DarkKnight: okk
norbert79: I think you can have maximally 10 runlevels... Fedora uses 7 (0-6), where Ubuntu only a few 0,1,2,5,6
norbert79: as far as I know
DarkKnight: init 1 is single user i suppose
DarkKnight: okk
norbert79: yes, normally, but there is no 'standard' as fdar as I know for it
norbert79: you could also use only one runlevel
DarkKnight: okk
DarkKnight: just out of curiosity.....do u know what type of jobs are paid highest for freshers
norbert79: not really, I am not so familiar with payments on different jobs
norbert79: depends always on the company
DarkKnight: i mean taking a general view of any company...
norbert79: as I have told you, depends the type of work, and the company... One company could pay more for developer work, than the other, where the other could lack of tools
norbert79: you should get know as lot companies as possible
norbert79: so you can easly select the best for you
DarkKnight: ohkk
DarkKnight: i have recently joined a company for a project
DarkKnight: i joined a team called DSwitch
DarkKnight :the company's name is twincling
norbert79: Well, I live some tousand of kilometers away from you, I am not really familair with all the companies... Does the company have a website?
DarkKnight: twincling.org
DarkKnight: i have been given the task of finding out how to access a database using DC++
DarkKnight: hey there??
norbert79 sorry, I am still at work, and have something to take care with
norbert79 It's 14:44 over here (2:44 pm)
DarkKnight: no probs
DarkKnight: its 7:15 pm here
norbert79: I am 5 and a half hours behind you :)
norbert79: I know ;-)
DarkKnight: ya....we had a nice time chatting technical stuff....and i m posting our geek talk in my blog....u mind...
DarkKnight: ??
norbert79: Yes, why not :)
DarkKnight: thanxx...
DarkKnight: can we meet again on a regualar basis....i have learnt a lot from u...
norbert79: Well, I am not often online at Freenode, but you can write me any time to norbert79@freemail.hu
DarkKnight: thanxx buddy....surely i'll mail u....
DarkKnight: and maybe we can meet on sundays...
norbert79: Probably... Have fun with reading!
DarkKnight: ya sure...
DarkKnight: see u then bye
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