Lot of time off
Being sick with flu gives you lot of time off. So here is a catalogue of stuff I got up to while waiting to play golf...
Tried to Install Solaris 10 on a Laptop (got given this Laptop install CD at the JavaUK 06 gig). First tried it on a old Toshiba Satellite Laptop. Preped it with Partation magic to make a 12G partation. It wouldnt install. Do went into Partation magic and set up Partation ID manually. Solaris 10 wont install over a Linux partation. You need to set the partation ID to 0xbf. Then everything installs sweet.
The Java Desktop looks way better than windows XP and reminds me of the BSD based OS that Mac people love. Everything stable, firefox comes standard on the install. sweet. No Internet? Hmm... No CARDBUS drivers. So my old Xircom card wont work.
Next I try on a more upto date Toshiba Tecra Laptop, built in Nvidia graphics, WiFi and Ethernet. Installs first time, no fuss, no muss. Everything works. Even WiFi. Quick check, it works brill! Linux CDs get thrown into trash!!! I couldnt belive how well it worked. And how fast. It even installed OpenOffice 7. And in less time it takes Windows to format the harddrive.
Now for the Acid test. Pass the Laptop to my 5 year old son. Hmm.. He seems to take to it like duck to water. He starts playing the stack of inbuilt games. No problem navigating, he even makes his way to the browser. I type in the cbbcies web site and off he goes. Sweet!
Sun may be onto something here. Considering its free, its a good way to get legal on those home PCs. Forget the hype about linux. Forget the fustration of Windows XP. It even includes a boot manager should you need to keep XP on that work Laptop!
Tried to Install Solaris 10 on a Laptop (got given this Laptop install CD at the JavaUK 06 gig). First tried it on a old Toshiba Satellite Laptop. Preped it with Partation magic to make a 12G partation. It wouldnt install. Do went into Partation magic and set up Partation ID manually. Solaris 10 wont install over a Linux partation. You need to set the partation ID to 0xbf. Then everything installs sweet.
The Java Desktop looks way better than windows XP and reminds me of the BSD based OS that Mac people love. Everything stable, firefox comes standard on the install. sweet. No Internet? Hmm... No CARDBUS drivers. So my old Xircom card wont work.
Next I try on a more upto date Toshiba Tecra Laptop, built in Nvidia graphics, WiFi and Ethernet. Installs first time, no fuss, no muss. Everything works. Even WiFi. Quick check, it works brill! Linux CDs get thrown into trash!!! I couldnt belive how well it worked. And how fast. It even installed OpenOffice 7. And in less time it takes Windows to format the harddrive.
Now for the Acid test. Pass the Laptop to my 5 year old son. Hmm.. He seems to take to it like duck to water. He starts playing the stack of inbuilt games. No problem navigating, he even makes his way to the browser. I type in the cbbcies web site and off he goes. Sweet!
Sun may be onto something here. Considering its free, its a good way to get legal on those home PCs. Forget the hype about linux. Forget the fustration of Windows XP. It even includes a boot manager should you need to keep XP on that work Laptop!
posted by Moe at 12:12 PM
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