Tag: linux
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Sweet Sixteen Penguin
May 3rd, 2004. That was when I wiped the hard drive on my computer, one I’d built with the help of a coworker, installed a second drive that was bigger—a whole-ass 30GB, compared to the first which was maybe 3GB if I remember right—and installed Mandrake Linux with the help of a friend over the…
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Raspberry Pi(rate) Box
So, a dear friend recently gifted me a Raspberry Pi after I mentioned how I’d been toying with the idea of setting up a Pirate Box, the idea being to use it for file sharing and messaging during tabletop RP sessions. It showed up about a week ago, and due to an annoying combination of…
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Penguins and Computers
So, as I mentioned in my last rambling, I bought a new computer. I went with System76, because I felt it was important to buy a machine that was sold as a Linux machine first and foremost. Partially because it meant I knew it wouldn’t take a lot of fussing to get working (and let’s…