Status Quadro

As you can see, I'm not a daily poster. I'd rather be one of those blog writers that write things that would help others. Writing stuff about Linux problems, use of Google apps, computer issues, I guess I could write about car issues, but cars can be boring sometimes.

I bought a new computer at a time when I could not afford one. My old one of 6 years took a dump. First the USB ports stopped working, the the CD tray would come out on it's own. Finally, the motherboard stopped working. The hard drive failed too, but it's not a big deal. Most of what I do, I store on the internet, so I lost nearly nothing.

It's a Lenovo ThinkPad T61p. It's a far better computer than the IBM R40 I used to use. More RAM, more processors (2 rather than 1), more HDD space. I used to think that the reason why flash videos worked so great in windoze and not on my Linux box was because of the limitations of Linux. Turns out it was my old Linux box, 'cause my new one plays them perfectly.

It's got issues, like anything else. What I love the most about Linux is the community. If you discover a bug, you can easily report it, and you are constantly kept in the loop as to the status and progression of the solution for your bug, even if you are the only one who reported it. The other thing I love is the constant challenge. Once I figure out all the problems, a new Fedora release comes out. I install that one, and a whole new set of issues appear, ready to be delved into. What fun!

A problem I have now is that I cannot install the latest kernel 'cause it does not operate well with the nVidia Quadro graphics chip, or maybe it's the newer nVidia driver that does not work with the latest kernel, or even the older kernels. I'm not sure what it is yet. I'm watching the bugzilla.redhat.com postings for my issue to see if and when someone discovers a resolution.

Oh well, back to work.