[svlug] kernel traffic--the honk! honk! kind

[Karsten M. Self]

on Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 02:37:00PM -0700, svlug-admin at lists.svlug.org (svlug-admin at lists.svlug.org) wrote:
> Hi all:
> 
> My wife's going to be studying at UC Berkeley in the fall, and so I've
> got to leave my fine Linux job down here in LA (working on an SSI
> cluster version of the Linux kernel--it hurts to go) and relocate up
> to the Bay area.  
> 
> I can't help but notice that most of the Linux jobs in the Bay area
> that I've seen are not in Berkeley, nor anywhere particularly near it.
> It looks like I might have to truck down to Fremont, or across one of
> the bridges to the peninsula.

Look again.  There are several biotech firms in the Berkeley / Oakland /
Emeryville area advertising GNU/Linux and Unix positions.  There's also
UC Berkeley itself, and LBL.  All have significant compute requirements
and budget constraints which make GNU/Linux an attractive option.

Craig's List (http://www.craigslist.com/) is one of the undersung local
gems.

Might also try knocking around Sendmail or SleepyCat.

Berkeley to SF isn't a bad commute on BART.  There are a number of SF
GNU/Linux / Unix listings.

> Given that, I'm trying to figure out where to look for housing. Can
> anyone on the list tell me just how gruesome it would be to do such a
> commute from Berkeley/Oakland?  Would taking the BART ease or increase
> the pain?  Any good places to live that might make the situation
> easier?

BART will get you to Fremont down the East Bay, as well as other
environs easterly.  I've known extremely sick minds who've biked to
BART, BARTed to SF, biked to CalTrain, Trained down the Penninsula, and
biked to the office.   Not my dream commute.

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