Re: Congratulations Howard Rogers

In article <413d8df7$0$18993$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au>, hjr_at_dizwell.com says...

> 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.
>

My laptop is fine with Mandrake 10, it's a Sony Vaio PCG-FR315S. The only thing that doesn't work is the bl00dy WinModem. The specs did say that it was a proper modem, but then Sony 'upgraded'. I have to keep a small XP partition for modem use only. :o(

10G installed fine and only the HTML DB doesn't work. I can't get the b*gg*r to start up. BUt I'm not really worried, yet. When I have time to look into it, I might.

> As a result, I have been plunged into the depths of kernel rebuilding, and
> found it to be a remarkably pleasant and exhilerating experience. I have
> variously had audio, had no audio, had two audios simultaneously, had the
> audio I want, had the audio I wanted stop and start at random, and finally
> got it just the way I wanted it... but the best bit was that I enjoyed the
> tinkering to get it that way. These operating systems that just work out of
> the box are no fun whatsoever!!
>

Hmmm. Kernel 2.6 is a lot easier to configure - so I'm led to believe, I've only built a 2.4 kernel once - took hours on a 400 Mhz Pentium 2. I have to say that Windows compilers (Borland C++, C++ Builder and CBuilderX) do seem to work a lot quicker than GCC. But them again, what else is GCC doing that Borland's stuff isn't I wonder?

Good to see you back. Who does your graphics by the way - very nice. I've tried Gimping something similar together for my own site (as and when I get time), but it always looks like a three year old did it !

Cheers,
Norm.

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