I'm Official

See, its true.

Victory!!!

Well after buying a new hard drive and working WAYYY to long I finaly have Slack installed with the nvidia drivers and I got twinview set up..

check out the extreme beauty of it:




now I just have to tackle the the weirdness of kioslave and drive mounting permissions...

but at least im this far

^_^

Scratch That

Well... I went to put in my new HDD and.. the power connector is defective. *sigh*

It looks like now install today. On the other hand, It seems like the old drive might be psuedo-behaving so its not good enough to keep using, but I may be able to pull off some data.

wish me luck

Quick Update

Ok, I lied, I updated and I haven't installed it yet. On the other hand I finished HLW and the entirty of slackbook.org . I'm planning on installing tommorow (well today given that its 1:15).

Night

Distro Choice - part duex

Well I downloaded the Slack ISOs. After I get them installed I'll update again

Distro Choice

Well not alot to report.. I've read a ton of How Linux Works I'm up to chapter 10 (the Kernel).

I also subscribed (online) to TUX Magazine and Free Software Magazine

Well, after reading Ravi's opinion on distros I've decided that what I want is a good learning experience and a nice system so I think I'm looking at (B)LFS or Gentoo as my ultimate system. Both, however, require some sort of Host distro for the build process. I think the front runners for that are Fedora, Ubuntu, or Slack. I'm not really sure which of these to go with, but I'm kinda leaning towards Fedora that said, however, my decision isn't really final so any convincing comment could change my mind.

Well thats it for tonight/this morning, I'm goin to bed,
~Donald Guy

Status : 1 - Planning

Well what news is there? First off my new HDD arrived. Unfourtunatly, I dont have the time do deal with it right now... probably not until this weekend. I've left inspiration phase and entered as the sf.net-esque title suggests the planning phase.

I finished reading Just for Fun (which is excellent, by the way, I would highly reccomend it to anyone with a remote interest in linux, computing, revolutions, Finland, or reading for that matter) and I've started reading How Linux Works (by Brian Ward, original author of the Linux Kernel HOWTO, and possibly more telling published by No Starch Press) It is an interesting read and though I knew a lot of what I've read so far, there are quite a few tricks I've picked up and it is getting in to increasingly advanced topics.

So now I guess the next step is... picking a distro. I've gotten a few reccomendations for PCLinuxOS and while I appreciate the thought I'm not sure wether its right for me or not. Everything I've seen on it bills it as a "perfect system for beginners" and though I've had a few commitment issues 'bout it, I'm not sure I'd catogerize myself as a beginner (If you have a rebutal to this dismissal, I welcome further reasons why I should consider it). What I really want is a good, complete, not to simple system. I've tried Red Hat, Mandrake (and Mandriva), and SuSE before. Of these, I got bored of Mandr{ake,iva} and SuSE but I only uninstalled Red Hat because of logistical concerns (though the reason I didnt get tired of it may be simply that I didn't have as much time with it) so I'm thinking of giving Fedora a try. I also value customization so Gentoo or LFS might be a good fit (I started making an LFS system once but I accidently deleted that partition). I have Ubuntu cd's sitting around somewhere that I never got around to installing so that may see day too (though for some reason it gives me bad vibes, mabye brown just isn't my color). Another concern is that I want to get a good education of the system and config tools arent really my thing so I'm thinking Slackware might get a try. I plan on reading Ravi's "Best Distro of All" conversation once I get a chance and mabye that will provide some guidance. Want are your opinions on the subject?

I'll update once I've made some decisions

~Donald