When the kids get chickenpox it really slows down your entire weekend.
At least it should all be cleared up before we go on holiday as the airlines would stop any infectious kids getting on.
hey ho
Friday, July 01, 2005
Sunday, December 12, 2004
Suse 9.2 Linux on an IBM Thinkpad T40
I just setup Linux on my T40.
I've tried various versions of Linux on multiple types of thinkpads starting with redhat 5.x on a thinkpad 760, the 760 was like brick. As the years go on the install gets easier and easier - but there's always a little something to stop me from using it as my main OS. Either the USB support is not up to scratch or, more recently, wireless isn't easily configurable.
I like Linux, but I still believed it was more suitable for servers rather than workstations and laptops because of the sheer quantity of fidling required to get it to run all the apps I need. I have an RHCT certification from Redhat, but still have more than the one or two issues with linux, however no more issues than when i was learning how to maintain windows.
Well, I finally found a version of Linux that does what i need on my laptop.
Suse 9.2 Professional is superb. Suse 9.1 was a lovely install - but it didn't do wireless. Suse 9.2 supports wireless effortlessly - it installs without hastle, the default disk partitioning will setup an existing windows disk for dual boot by deault (do a backup first).
I have VMware 4.5.2 installed - this was the only difficult part of the install - i had to search for all of 10 minutes to get a resolution to my problem before resolving it. Now it works perfectly.
My next steps are to get my companies VPN software to operate so that i can access the intranet and to get Lotus Notes working under Wine (yeah I know, a native version would be good). In the future I'll be working to get the IBM Workplace Rich Client working under Linux - If you are vaguely interested let me know.
I've tried various versions of Linux on multiple types of thinkpads starting with redhat 5.x on a thinkpad 760, the 760 was like brick. As the years go on the install gets easier and easier - but there's always a little something to stop me from using it as my main OS. Either the USB support is not up to scratch or, more recently, wireless isn't easily configurable.
I like Linux, but I still believed it was more suitable for servers rather than workstations and laptops because of the sheer quantity of fidling required to get it to run all the apps I need. I have an RHCT certification from Redhat, but still have more than the one or two issues with linux, however no more issues than when i was learning how to maintain windows.
Well, I finally found a version of Linux that does what i need on my laptop.
Suse 9.2 Professional is superb. Suse 9.1 was a lovely install - but it didn't do wireless. Suse 9.2 supports wireless effortlessly - it installs without hastle, the default disk partitioning will setup an existing windows disk for dual boot by deault (do a backup first).
I have VMware 4.5.2 installed - this was the only difficult part of the install - i had to search for all of 10 minutes to get a resolution to my problem before resolving it. Now it works perfectly.
My next steps are to get my companies VPN software to operate so that i can access the intranet and to get Lotus Notes working under Wine (yeah I know, a native version would be good). In the future I'll be working to get the IBM Workplace Rich Client working under Linux - If you are vaguely interested let me know.
Tuesday, December 07, 2004
How to link to a pic
I know this could be dull - however I have to workout how to link to an image.
if you see a photo following this senence - then you're looking at Ireland.
cheers
if you see a photo following this senence - then you're looking at Ireland.
cheers
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