[Discuss] Busy thread suddenly...

[Patrick]

On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:18:01 -0800
"Michael" wrote:

[...]
> 
>     I will be at the next meeting with cash in hand. The idea of
> helping/being Publicity Coordinator sounds like just what I need right
> now, and if I can finally give back to the community that's helped me so
> often ... well that's just gravy. :-) This next meeting sounds like it
> will be huge.

Maybe.  :-)

I'll have to ask my boss about taking the 2nd Tuesday of *every*
month off, or if necessary, work a half-shift those nights, or
full shift starting later [like 10:00 PM - 6:00 AM].  I think
he'd go for it, but getting a whole night off, or half of it
would vary from month to month.

> 
>     As for my Kubuntu experience, I suspect it's a bit of both. I seem
> to own each and every piece of hardware that chokes the Ubuntu OS's, and
> my lack of depth in terms of command line fixing doesn't help. I am able
> to research bugs down, like this latest one, but the sheer volume of
> them was overwhelming.

I think I've been lucky.  The only *internal* hardware problems
I've run into were the sound card [just had to add `snd-es1688' to
/etc/modules .  That module was already installed, just not
loading automatically], and a winmodem [PCMCIA card modem dials
out just fine, thank you very much].  Of course, I haven't gotten
around to shopping for a wireless card yet...

In general, doesn't Linux hardware support lag by about a year
from public release?  I mean when the manufacturer *doesn't*
release specs and/or drivers and/or source.  Seems like a pretty
quick turnaround, considering people have to reverse-engineer all
the proper signals out of a thing, to make that thing do all the
right things.

> With my current Mandriva install all the bugs are
> either graphics card related, and therefore beyond anyone's ability to
> fix easily, or not too difficult to fix with a bit of the Google. I
> might well end up on Kubuntu, but not until it learns to play nice with
> my Thinkpad and it's GPU. In spite of all these burns, I would still
> consider switching when Ubuntu releases it's next LTS.

Or not, if you like what you've got and it works.  :-)


> 
>     Anyway, see you all at the meeting, Michael.

Cheers,

Patrick.

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To think contrary to one's era is heroism.  But to speak against
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