D minus 0.5
Friday, 21. December 2007, 21:27:49
Yes, yes, I've been writing more of the Dunkeld piece, keep your hair on. You should have something to read tomorrow, although I might now split the piece into two parts. If I throw the several thousand words of it at you all at once I have a feeling you'll all run screaming...
Meanwhile, I've been tinkering with another Linux Distro. Since the Summer I've been happily beavering away with Sabayon, an italian distro I became enamoured with due to its cutting edge package list and ease of use. But there were several problems when I started - such as the printer not working - and it seems to have recently developed several more, a couple of which are growing rather irritating as they are jamming the upgrade process itself. I'm only a beginner in the linux world, so rather than tear my hair out reading lengthy manuals and possibly making things worse I thought I'd have a look around and see what else is happening in Distro-land.
Enter Mandriva.
I downloaded a CD ISO, burned that quick-sharp, and booted up the Live CD for a preliminary look-see. After all this time with Sabayon I didn't think it was possible for Linux to impress me further, but Mandriva did just that. Quick - optimised for Pentium class processors: Easy to use - several clear and very handy control centre options (perfect for Linux novices like me): great sound - the new pulseaudio system played some startlingly clear music for me (Poor old Sabayon struggles in the sound dept, and I don't know how to fix her). It even loaded and configured drivers for my printer without so much as a complaint. The printed test page was a complete delight after all this time of having to boot back into Windows just to print a page of text. No compiz, which is a shame, but then the version I tested is an Alpha version of software being developed for release in spring of next year, which promises all the graphical frippery I could need, bleeding-edge packages across the board and even the first release of the hot new KDE window manager (v4). And can I just say I LOVE how quickly it installs software after all these months of slowly compiling it from source code! Sorry, Sabayon; unless you improve drastically in the next few months I forsee a change of Linux setup in the not-too distant future!
Finally, I just want to say that I've done bloody well today getting work finished and keeping myself awake after my neighbours up and across decided to have a screaming match at 3am that lasted OVER AN HOUR. I lost hours worth of sleep because of them, and have been in a murderous mood all goddam day. But on the bright side I'M NOW ON MY HOLIDAYS - yippee!
Right. I'm off to bed. Disturb at your own Peril.
Meanwhile, I've been tinkering with another Linux Distro. Since the Summer I've been happily beavering away with Sabayon, an italian distro I became enamoured with due to its cutting edge package list and ease of use. But there were several problems when I started - such as the printer not working - and it seems to have recently developed several more, a couple of which are growing rather irritating as they are jamming the upgrade process itself. I'm only a beginner in the linux world, so rather than tear my hair out reading lengthy manuals and possibly making things worse I thought I'd have a look around and see what else is happening in Distro-land.
Enter Mandriva.
I downloaded a CD ISO, burned that quick-sharp, and booted up the Live CD for a preliminary look-see. After all this time with Sabayon I didn't think it was possible for Linux to impress me further, but Mandriva did just that. Quick - optimised for Pentium class processors: Easy to use - several clear and very handy control centre options (perfect for Linux novices like me): great sound - the new pulseaudio system played some startlingly clear music for me (Poor old Sabayon struggles in the sound dept, and I don't know how to fix her). It even loaded and configured drivers for my printer without so much as a complaint. The printed test page was a complete delight after all this time of having to boot back into Windows just to print a page of text. No compiz, which is a shame, but then the version I tested is an Alpha version of software being developed for release in spring of next year, which promises all the graphical frippery I could need, bleeding-edge packages across the board and even the first release of the hot new KDE window manager (v4). And can I just say I LOVE how quickly it installs software after all these months of slowly compiling it from source code! Sorry, Sabayon; unless you improve drastically in the next few months I forsee a change of Linux setup in the not-too distant future!
Finally, I just want to say that I've done bloody well today getting work finished and keeping myself awake after my neighbours up and across decided to have a screaming match at 3am that lasted OVER AN HOUR. I lost hours worth of sleep because of them, and have been in a murderous mood all goddam day. But on the bright side I'M NOW ON MY HOLIDAYS - yippee!
Right. I'm off to bed. Disturb at your own Peril.
WIDGETIZE
Sound like mine actually. They've got to be drug dealers. Why would they drive around at midnght-3am? It's a bit suss.... They have screaming matches and then yell out 'Call the police' so one of the other neighbours does. when the police arrive they just hide in their house.
By galadriel, # 21. December 2007, 22:54:20
By rhona, # 22. December 2007, 09:23:25