Author archives: Mike
Bleep it, I'm going to play (Gentoo here I come...)
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I really do feel the need, so I'm powering up the laptop, pushing the Gentoo manual to the top of the bookmark list and nuking the Debian/Knoppix install. Let's see how far I get this time :) .
On the Gentoo installation guide (Great learning experience, horrible user experience)
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I wound up reading through the Gentoo Handbook's Installation Guide yesterday in order to get an idea of what's going to be involved. I also looked up what's needed for getting the Wacom tablet and the ATI All-in-Wonder support.
On the Gentoo installation guide (Great learning experience, horrible user experience)
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I wound up reading through the Gentoo Handbook's Installation Guide yesterday in order to get an idea of what's going to be involved. I also looked up what's needed for getting the Wacom tablet and the ATI All-in-Wonder support.
I want to play! (Gentoo calls... gosh that's geeky)
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The ping scanner is getting pretty close. It now throttles the group-going-offline messages to 1 every 90s (otherwise you get 90 messages in about 5 minutes) and has around a 5 minute delay before the messages start after the groups go offline (depending on the size of the groups). 90s of that is just to ...
I want to play! (Gentoo calls... gosh that's geeky)
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The ping scanner is getting pretty close. It now throttles the group-going-offline messages to 1 every 90s (otherwise you get 90 messages in about 5 minutes) and has around a 5 minute delay before the messages start after the groups go offline (depending on the size of the groups). 90s of that is just to ...
Yay, it's a camera! (But I don't have batteries for it)
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Vindaloo.
Turns out the silly little thing only stores 14 pictures! Obviously they're just trying to get you to buy all the little extras. Figure I'll spring for a 128MB flash card eventually, but buying rechargable batteries and a charger is going to happen tomorrow. Camera is a 2MPixel model. Takes okay pictures, but they are ...
Yay, it's a camera! (But I don't have batteries for it)
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Vindaloo.
Turns out the silly little thing only stores 14 pictures! Obviously they're just trying to get you to buy all the little extras. Figure I'll spring for a 128MB flash card eventually, but buying rechargable batteries and a charger is going to happen tomorrow. Camera is a 2MPixel model. Takes okay pictures, but they are ...
Write this down somewhere I can get to it I suppose (What I want for Linux-mas)
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So, since Tim gets to play with his shiny new laptop this afternoon (lucky sod) thought I'd play at figuring out what I want to install when I attempt a Gentoo build for my next attempt to Linux-ify myself.
Write this down somewhere I can get to it I suppose (What I want for Linux-mas)
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So, since Tim gets to play with his shiny new laptop this afternoon (lucky sod) thought I'd play at figuring out what I want to install when I attempt a Gentoo build for my next attempt to Linux-ify myself.
For those of you following along with the home game (When spec meets reality part LXVIII)
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Wondering what all the silence on the Cinemon side is? Well, just me quietly pounding my head against the ping scanner. Still getting occasional PyPgSQL crashes, but I'm basically chalking those up to the number of threads trying to use PyPgSQL simultaneously.
Mike C. Fletcher, the VRPlumber, is a philosopher of design turned computer programmer based in Toronto, Canada. He works primarily in the Python programming language, and maintains a large number of Open Source software packages. You can reach him at: mcfletch@vrplumber.com.