Re: Congratulations Howard Rogers

From: Howard J. Rogers <hjr_at_dizwell.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 18:50:29 +1000
Message-Id: <413ec7de$0$21473$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>

Daniel Morgan wrote:

> Howard J. Rogers wrote:
> 

>> Noons wrote:
>>
>>

>>>Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
>>>news:<1094505704.528225_at_yasure>...
>>>
>>>>Your www.dizwell.com site looks good.
>>>
>>>Good to see Howard back on air.
>>>
>>>The Project, eh?  I'll stay tuned: getting totally
>>>fed-up with XP here as well.  For a number of different
>>>reasons.  But there are still a few bits and pieces I haven't
>>>found a replacement for with Linux.  So I can't do it yet.
>>>Ah well, it will happen I'm sure.

>>
>>
>>
>> I have a lot of notes to write up! It's been an interesting ride. In
>> retrospect, it was probably a bit ambitious *starting* by wanting Linux
>> working on a *laptop* -when we all know laptops are full of utterly
>> proprietary stuff. When your laptop vendor proudly advertises "XXXX
>> recommends Windows XP", you know you're in for a hard time.

> 
> Howard Howard Howard. I have had Linux EL AS 3.0 installed on my IBM
> ThinkPads for almost a year. Stable as a rock. Networks perfectly.
> Oracle runs like a charm.
> 
> Embrace the penguin!
> 

Have you tried it with an 802.11g wireless card before the 2.6 kernel decided to include 802.11g as standard?! Then try it with a blue box that pipes IP packets through the house's electrical wiring... a nice idea that doesn't even work properly in Windows!!

Sheesh... I mean, we're not talking Cat5 Ethernet here, 'cos that (I agree) was a (relative) walk in the park.

Anyway, don't talk to me about RHAS3, because my Dell won't even boot with it. I wanted it badly, because I like it very much. But even a text mode install was a no-no.

Same for Mandrake, actually.

When it comes time for me to replace this notebook, I shall do so with great pleasure. It has been nothing but a lot of incompatible awkwardnesses.

:-/

Regards
HJR Received on Wed Sep 08 2004 - 03:50:29 CDT