Its just a bummer, the number of 'i am available for work' postings on this list and the lack of 'position open jobs' I had hopes of finding a linux sys admin job, and having it MAYBE come from this list. However, im working as a general tech. consultant now. gone from a sys admin at a linux company in boston, to working for small shops doing basic network 'stuff'. I had asked about the linux job sceene in MN back in the spring, and one person put it best: Jason Sowers Wrote: my personal opinion (and I haven't lived down here that long) which may not hold water: stay in Boston. Pickin's are a little slim around here in the Linux World. I wonder what it is that makes linux/unix more accepted and used out east (guessing california too). Are companies more conservative here, just that much more progressive elsewhere, or something else. duncan