Conversion proceeds apace

[altivo]

I am absolutely wiped out from crawling around removing old cables and then rewiring new ones. However, the progress is good. Four of sixteen total seats are up and running on the Linux software now. Another five should come up tomorrow, as I've got the cables all in place now and only need to plug them in and fire the machine up. The remaining seven are simple software replacements on existing hardware, no other change, and the configurations are already tested, so that's a big nothing.

The library is delightfully quiet when there are no internet terminals available. It seems (as I've been saying for years now) that all the obnoxious and irritating people come in just to play with the computers. When I announced mid-afternoon today that we could be up and running by Tuesday, everyone agreed I should keep quiet about it (we've announced Friday or Saturday as the target.)

There were actually people sitting around in the library reading books. This is no longer a common sight. I think it gets too noisy with the teenagers in there, so those who want to just read end up taking their book elsewhere.

Comments

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

*covers the sleeping horse in warm straw*
Slumber ye equine for tommorow brings pastures anew.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Heh. Tomorrow brings more crawling around on the floor, actually. But the worst should be over after today, that's true. :)

[pioneer11.livejournal.com]

Sounds like your rather enjoying this sort of
work. Well, you are an information
worker. ^_^

As for patrons of public internet access, I understand,
I try to be good about that, not using the headphones,
not yelling at slow pages, not pounding on tables...yes
I observed that yesterday when I was using "good ole #11".

*facepaws*

[altivo.livejournal.com]

It's amazing. It really, really is quieter in here with the internet unavailable. (Actually, people who bring their own laptops can still get to the internet, but the few we have who do that are stuffy business types, not teens with time on their hands.)

All seven seats at the internet are now functional, but we aren't reopening them yet. Staff need to become familiar with the new system, which has some different operating parameters and will generate some questions repeatedly.