Typo, Slackware, User-mode Linux
Posted by Jason Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:42:00 GMT
It’s been a while since I blogged AGAIN. Oh well, let’s get on with it…
- As you can see, I’ve updated to the latest version of Typo. Migrating the data was not difficult, but as usual it was a slight pain getting Apache/FastCGI set up properly. I just haven’t done it enough for it to be automatic yet. This version of Typo rocks though, the administration backend is much improved, complete with Ajax. Now I just have to get around to customizing the look a bit, and changing the crappy title again.
- Slackware 10.2 was released a couple days ago. It’s pretty much what you’d expect – same old Slack with updated kernel/packages. A solid release all around. The only significant change was that Gnome was dropped completely. I’m quite fine with that. The only two Gnome programs I used were gedit and gnome-terminal. No big loss. I’ve gone back to using xterm (faster, but I don’t like the scroll bar) and I’ll probably install nedit. Long story short: GO SLACKWARE!
- I’ve nearly mastered User-mode Linux. I used to run my Wiki on my machine directly, but now I have it running on a UML instance that gets started/stopped when my machine boots/halts. It is quite cool, and works quite well. Sooner or later, I’m going to put together a little tutorial on how to get it all to work together.
- My PowerBook did indeed die. It wasn’t just the memory, it was the whole logic board. On it’s last days, I started get weird exceptions in OpenFirmware, and some even weirder video-related exceptions in OS X. I’ve had it for about a year and a half, so the regular warranty had run out. But luckily, the credit card I had bought it with has a nice little perk where they double the manufacturer’s warranty. It would have cost around $1400 to fix it, but thanks to the credit card dealie, I will get reimbursed for the repair. Still, it’s a pain – you have to trade faxes and phone calls with an insurance company to get it done. So the moral of the story is: ALWAYS GET APPLECARE FOLKS. Football season has started and hockey is right around the corner. I’M SERIOUSLY PUMPED. It’s been more than a year since I’ve had a good sports overload.
That’s it for now.
