Hi Tim, >> My 12 year old wants to learn more about servers and has memorized a >> lot of commands like ls, chmod, du, etc. >> He wants to have his own domain and server on the web and I have >> enough Static IP's, so why not foster this interest. >Fantastic! Nothing helps creativity and exploration like the support of a parent. He is really into the command-line. His mac is always open to a terminal and he explores how to use each command, practices and memorizes every switch. The other day he reminded me that the -h for du was human readable. Little did he know I can easily convert in my head without using -h...but. Also, when you catch him ssh'ing into your production web-server and notice he has all of your passwords written in a text file called 'dont show dad', he is ready for his own server. Also, I had to tell him that 'dont show dad' was not the best name and draws attention from a dad....he he.. >> He also says that ZFS rules all and is pissed Apple did not adopt it. >> Kids will be kids! >You should go into a rant about "When I was your age... we didn't have ZFS, or Reiserfs, or even ext2/3. We had FAT. And we >liked it. And nobody complained. Not like you young punks have it with your 'journaling' this and 'snapshots' that." ha ha, great idea. I am only 32, but still it is true. He things that his MacBook pro with 4gb RAM, 500gb hd is sub-par these days. He can only run a 'few' virtual machines and insists on dual NICS... Is he a geek? -Jason