Entry: New-ish Computer Monday, January 10, 2005



Well yesterday I got my new-ish (well, new to me, that is) laptop; my old one was first ghosted then reformatted and fixed up so that my little one would have her own machine for all the various kindergarden-level PC games she got for Christmas. My clever and cautious husband also set up a proxy server on one of our machines here, and that functions as a super-mega-Internet filter for her machine so that she is limited to venture only to specific sites (NickJr.com, PBSKids.com, etc.) that he's setup for her.

My "new" laptop is his old Linux box; that is, its a very good laptop that he acquired cheaply so that he could install and teach himself all about Linux. Since he already had his fun with that OS, he offered the machine to me, so he had to reformat it, load on a Windows OS, put all the junk he ghosted on to it, and install the various programs I need.

Whew!

But he got it all done and yesterday I had to clean out the "ghosted" stuff that I really didn't need to retain, and move/reorganinze the files I did want to keep. Overall it seem sto be working nicely; especially since this machine has about double the HD space and processor speed of my old machine. Hooray!

So, I am posting today but I anticipate sporadic blog postings and visiting as I am trying to organize all of our paperwork for taxes (we do them as early as possible because we get a refund.) I also have some other paperwork-orineted chores to attend to, as well (bills, medical reimbursements, etc.)

Fun stuff, eh? At least now I have a functioning R key, so no excuse left for my typos!
   6 comments

brandy101
January 11, 2005   09:56 AM PST
 
Yeah, I used UNIX in grad school in all of my Civil Engineering classes, running iterations of algorithms on our SUN minicomputers. But now, c'mon what goofball is gonna use UNIX for bloggging...? hehehe.
chrysalis
January 11, 2005   08:01 AM PST
 
Yeah, Lyly, UNIX rocks from a command line aspect. Forget the GUI, give me a tty with root access any day! (I, too, was a UNIX sysadmin from 1987 through 1991.)
Lyly
January 11, 2005   07:44 AM PST
 
I miss my old Sun OS *sniffle* but now I'm a duel OSer, with a Mac and a PC at my disposal. Still, Unix is my favorite OS to work with on a command level. (I did system admin on a bunch of them for a while.) Haven't had to work with Linux directly, though it does power my PowerMac. and seems to work great.
Michelle
January 11, 2005   07:24 AM PST
 
I am anxiously awaiting the tax forms for our employer and the sale of some stock so I can get our taxes filed as soon as possible too. Some year I want to be #1. HA wouldn't that be a hoot.
Michelle
January 11, 2005   07:24 AM PST
 
I am anxiously awaiting the tax forms for our employer and the sale of some stock so I can get our taxes filed as soon as possible too. Some year I want to be #1. HA wouldn't that be a hoot.
chrysalis
January 11, 2005   05:53 AM PST
 
Wow, I hope this comment gets through to you, B! So your husband's a penguin, eh? I am an old-time UNIX guy. Meaning, 4.2 BSD (Berkeley UNIX), two decades before Linux' debut. My first personal PC in 1988-93 ran System V UNIX, so I know some of the problems that running a "productivity" machine with UNIX can present (problems that Linux is supposed to resolve). IMHO, UNIX is better for research, development (especially in C) or scientific applications. And for engineering -- all my designers are running tricked-out UNIX boxes! So, enjoy your newly Gates-ified box!

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