Here is an article validating my post (here). The article lists some of the same concerns I had. It’s interesting that companies can still get away with releasing bug ridden products. A Cingular rep told me that the phone automatically updates its software, but gave the impression that updates are rare on the Cingular network. Other networks, such as Alltel require that you dial a special number to recieve the firmware upgrade.
His is a quick list of OS’ I currently have installed on various machines:-Windows XP Home Pro-openSUSE 10.0-PCLinuxOS .91My favorite is PCLinuxOS. It’s easy to install, easy to use, and works most often. Unfortunately it didn’t work with my Dell Inspiron 9300 notebook – for that I have installed openSUSE. Although I still haven’t gotten the wireless working on it (openSUSE) it appears to be working well otherwise. I’ll post again if I get that working.
Just a quick note to let everyone know that I will be updating my blog soon…it needs it!
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Work is endless. I’m playing with some new Linux systems and building a new print server for the High School. Both are time consuming and tiring. In the past three days I’ve worked over 30 hours on these two things alone. I hope the High School appreciates their printing later today… I’ve been working a lot with Novell Linux Desktop 9. It’s really quite interesting. I think with time it may become my OS of choice, although it can never replace the pure functionality of Windows XP. I wish applications were more compatible with other platforms. One of the cool things about NLD 9 is that you can use GNOME or KDE. Each has it’s own benifits, but I prefer the clean and more efficient GNOME so far. Anyone know a good place to find basic Linux bash commands? I need to get my feet wet. What’s lame about NLD 9? It doesn’t make any progress towards...
Feel free to post whatever you wish, but try to keep it interesting. No “junk mail” type crap here please. -SC