More details about System Administrator 2012

As many habrovchane already know, last week launched the contest "System Administrator 2012" .

In our today's post, we want to tell about everything new that has been added to the competition this year. Plus, Habr's readers under the cut are waiting for one of the bonus promo codes for getting additional points.

Competition mechanics
')
Just say, the mechanics of last year, judging by the reviews, turned out to be very successful, and this year we did not change it. That is, the whole competition is divided into a test and a quest.

The results of the competition this year will be announced on August 10, and on the Day of the system administrator of the participants there will be a big surprise on the project website.

Among the prizes are: a trip to Paris for two (the main prize), iPad 3 tablets, branded T-shirts and calendars. Plus, gifts from partners: subscriptions to the System Administrator and Linux Format magazines, branded flash drives from Kaspersky Lab.

What's new

There are more questions in the test, and they themselves are more diverse. For example, console tasks were greatly improved. To implement them, we used the JSLinux emulator , created by the famous French programmer Fabrice Bellard.

We tried to make the quest even brighter and more interesting: each task is accompanied by a colorful illustration. As for the tasks themselves, they are now laid out in three stages. The first five questions can be answered now, and the start of the second stage is scheduled for the end of the week.

Bonus points in the quest, as in the past year, can be obtained using promotional codes.

One of them - especially for Habr's readers: special4habrahabr

First winner

In conclusion of the post let us say a few words about the first winner, whose name became known a few days ago.

He was Alexei Atavin from St. Petersburg.



Alexey's comment:

“I solved the test one and a half working days: I started on Thursday, finished on Friday. While I was passing, I discovered a lot of new things. Of the most interesting questions, I would point out a question with a script. I also liked the question about the computing power of computers. I wish the contestants good luck, good research and good training. ”

We are waiting for you on admin2012.ru !