Hosed
By Mitch Berg
Laptop is in the shop again.
So I’m enjoying the delightful repast of posting from a coffee shop. Mmmm, coffee!
Have to rig my Plan B machine back home.
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November 10th, 2006 at 1:56 pm
Look at this as a chance to go Debian, Mitch. I just installed debian etch on my laptop and it was the easiest debian install ever. I just had to edit the xf86config file a little, change the permissions on the sound device, manually download and install the firmware for the wireless driver and I was on the air.
My laptop is a thinkpad z60m. It’s almost a year old and I’ve never had a hardware failure.
November 10th, 2006 at 3:01 pm
“I just had to edit the xf86config file a little, change the permissions on the sound device, manually download and install the firmware for the wireless driver and I was on the air.”
Well, if it’s *that* easy… 🙂
Installing Debian is something that I wouldn’t recommend unless you’ve built a machine from scratch and know exactly what drivers to use. If someone were to go the Linux route, Ubuntu’s infinitely easier to work with, but even that is still difficult.
Plus, I have a feeling that the problem is defective hardware rather than software.
My solution would be to get a Mac, but that’s my solution for nearly everything… 🙂
November 10th, 2006 at 3:32 pm
Ha! Ubuntu is just debian in kid’s clothing.
I just finished rebuilding my desktop — P4 with HT, 2GB sdram, and a wicked nvidia video card. Doom3 does 60 FPS at 1280×1024. It’s an all windows machine but if I had it to do all over again I might go for a mac mini instead. If I could give up Doom3.
November 10th, 2006 at 3:41 pm
Enough about the computer geek crap… Mitch Berg supports killing babies and worse than that, he is providing abortion services out of his HOME!!!!!
Here’s the proof.
“Have to rig my Plan B machine back home. ”
I wonder what Michele Bachmann would say.
November 10th, 2006 at 4:44 pm
After tuesday I think “plan B machine” refers to Mitch’s basement studio. He’s going to cut a demo of himself as a crusading liberal radio talk show host.
November 10th, 2006 at 10:53 pm
No Terry, Mitch uses his studio exclusively to record covers of Captain and Tennile and Carpenters songs with Colleen.
November 10th, 2006 at 11:12 pm
Tenille was hot and gosh, I love The Carpenters! I think Karen would have been a fun date.
Me: You look great, Karen.
KC: No I don’t! I’m fat!
Later . . .
Me: I’ll have the prime rib. And bring me an extra baked potato. Sour cream, bacon, the works.
KC: Do I look fat? I know I’m fat. A fat, gross pig. Just bring me water. Where’s the bathroom?