TuxRunner

It’s been a while since I’ve posted.  Hasn’t really been anything crazy going on in the world of Linux for me.  But things are starting to pick up again.  I finally, FINALLY got rid of my last Windows system at home!  (Well, not entirely true, I still have an XP VM floating around for a check printing program I use).  My Windows 2003 file server at home has been replaced entirely by a new DroboShare for the Drobo, and any apps that were on it are now running under Linux on my CentOS box.

I also, without giving her much notice, upgraded (haha) the wife from a Windows 7 Release Candidate, to Linux Mint 7 over the weekend.  She’s honestly pretty good with it.  Not too much for her to figure out.  I’m surprised at how well she’s adapting to it.  I’m trying to keep things as familiar as possible to her.  Luckily I’ve had her using a lot of cross-platform apps, so things like Skype, Firefox, and Picasa are already familiar to her on the Linux side. (continue reading…)