Back on the Block

Haven't been here in a while. Let's see what I've done.

For starters I was successfully able to distribute a modified Knoppix CD to use for one of my classes, and now I've gotten used to just booting one up for use in a computer lab when I can't get back to the office. Reminds me of graduate school days when I was able to get away to a unix lab when I wanted to. The administration of accounts seemed so much easier than making another image just to put a library on it.

I downloaded Solaris 10, but have yet to install it anywhere. From what I've seen in some reviews I expect to be impressed with it. Just another OS under my belt.

Speaking of OSs I run WS2003 in a virtual machine at work , and I have a problem rebuilding the Active Directory indices. It keeps making me reboot the machine. I was able to back up the virtual machine, but I think I may need to use Windows Backup on the machine and do a complete reinstall.

I read about some desktop search engines for Linux, and I'd like to give it a whirl on my computers. It's also be nice if I can also try my hand at making custom Gentoo ebuilds. they look pretty simple to do.