Around some paying work tonight I've been "working in" the new machine. That's included testing that various components are working, fixing minor configuration issues and the like; but the big event was playing with VMWare to create a Win32 image for doing the porting/testing work for various projects. I'm not finished yet, but it's a working Win32 environment with all of the required software installed now, and I'll likely leave it that way until I need to port something.

Avoiding the dual-boot is very convenient given that the grub loader's menu still doesn't work :) . Anyway, puppy needs a walk and then I need to head off to bed.