What is this? A linux blog?

A while ago a friend and I were talking about all the things linux could be installed on. We talked about uClinux in DVD players, OpenWRT/DD-WRT/Tomato/etc on home routers, and he showed me this tablet PC on which he wanted to install linux. He told me he just didn't have the time to try it, but if I wanted it I could have it. Thanks Brad!

So here we are, almost 4 months later and it's been sitting around long enough. It's time to brush of the dust and get to work. First of all, I don't have a power adapter and the batteries are dead. The system required 16V and 3A. I looked on digikey and was amazed that a power supply that could handle those requirements was almost $100!!! I looked around my apartment trying to find something that would work, then I found it! My laptop supply was 15V and 5A! It even had the right polarity. So I plugged it in, and nothing... The plug was the wrong size.



I made a trip to the electronics store and got the connector I needed, I installed it, and....



Now I need to figure out how to install linux on this.... :D

Keeping with Linux for today

Haha! So funny! Gotta love Linux.

Idea #1 - Install Linux

Just before the New Year I transitioned to Linux. I don't know why...oh wait yes I do...I did something silly in Windows and tried to fix it...which caused more damage...giving me an OS that was royally screwed! I decided then to try Ubuntu.

I'd tried different Linux distros before (Red Hat, Gentoo and Suse), but I never wanted to give up my precoius Windows (go figure). This time I was more than happy to get rid of my sputtering hunk-of-junk Windows for a nice clean open-source OS. It was a long journey, including 2 fresh installs before I ended up prefering Ubuntu to Windows. I even made the switch at work too! One of the things I enjoy about Linux is the ability to tinker with it (hence the reason for the required re-installations!). It might even sound crazy but I enjoy working with the command line...that's right...text commands!

So if you have a struggling Windows install, just dive in and install Linux!