Re: [PLUG] nice surprises

On Nov 1, 2007 7:34 PM, jeff <jeffv@op.net> wrote:

I needed an extra box at work, which presented the chance to try
something different. PCLinuxOS has become a favorite, running in a VM
at home, so I figured why not.

The machine is a newish Dell, dual core, 1G, dual drive. To say it
didn't like the XP it came with is a gross understatement. To say it
didn't like my 2nd install of XP is another understatement. I won't
even tell you about the 3rd install.

No sooner was the decision made than a cd burned and off I went.
>From boot to reboot in just under ten minutes.

I don't seem to remember and of my XP installs being completed anywhere
in the vicinity of ten minutes. Let's just call it many multiples of
ten minutes. Even Ubuntu, if I can remember that far back, took longer.

The new OS found every little detail of the pc, DVD-ROM, CDRW, DHCP
server, and even asked me if I wanted to join a domain. I've never had
linux ask me if I wanted to join a domain before. I wanted to ask it if
it was anything like joining a health club, in which case the answer was
a resounding NO. Besides - the last guy in my dept who tried to join
the domain ended up doing REALLY WEIRD THINGS to his box.

Leaping right in, with what some would call a lack of healthy fear, I
joined right up and off I went. Properly joined, that is.

It's only been running for two days and I KEEP GETTING INTERRUPTED so I
can't spend much quality time with it. So far I can say the following:

1. it hasn't crashed
2. it works
3. it hasn't refused to speak to the domain (or vice-versa)
4. I fixed it so the taskbar stopped running up the left side
5. it plays nicely with Win and lin boxes
6. in a few seconds, I realized I couldn't find VMplayer in Synaptic.
When I tried to run the install from the .tgz, it simply returned to the
prompt. Since it was noisy today, I don't know if it silently laughed
at me or not.

So far so good.

The other unexpected pleasure waited for me at home (don't even THINK
it, Brent).

I plugged in my usb drive to xfer some files, grumbling about having to
remember how to mount the *$&#ing thing, when I looked up to find the
computer automounted it for me.

Since I never set this up, I guess it was an aftereffect of the 7.04 to
7.10 upgrade. Nice!

Yes, I got automounted at home.
(sorry)

I've had many worse days.

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