TGIF - done!
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altivoWell, almost. The conversion was from 14 seats of Windows-based public access computing to 16 seats of Linux-based same. I had 14 seats converted and running by the end of today, so that's an acceptable result. The other two are delayed because of hardware issues (replacement disk drives I ordered this afternoon.)
Monday it all goes public unless they decide to let 'er rip tomorrow in my absence. I think it's going to perform at least as well as the stuff it replaced, but there will be questions of course about differences in the interface.
I rubbed my hands together gleefully this afternoon realizing that we have now completely eliminated a number of software products that existed only to protect helpless Windows from the depredations of the public user. No more DeepFreeze, WinSelect, WinU, Comprise, or Norton Antivirus. The machines converted were about half and half XP and Win98. We now have no running XP except on three machines provided by the Gates Foundation at a large discount. Those have to be left intact for another year or so in fulfillment of the grant. We have Win2000 on two servers and two staff workstations. Another six staff workstations still have Win98SE on them, but two of those will be replaced by XP powerhouses that were freed up in this shakeout. Three more could easily be converted to Linux now if I just press a little bit.
The remaining XP power machine, formerly a public internet access workstation, goes to me for my own use and will, of course, be running Linux. I may just manage to sneak Second Life onto it, I believe it more than meets the requirements for that. I'd rather try WoW, but they have no Linux client. On the other hand, I'll be leaving an XP partition on it so maybe... Prolly I should upgrade the little used machine at the Reference desk to XP. The hardware can handle it, except perhaps the HD is too small. Must check that.
The gray and cold rain continued all night last night, all day today, and even now at dusk it's still dripping. We do need rain, but I could live without temperatures in the 30s. It's May! *Shakes fist at the sky.* You could easily believe it was March except that the trees have leaves on them now and the daffodils are long gone. The apple blossoms were pretty much washed away by this cold and wind, but lilacs hadn't quite opened so they are holding out. And there's more to come soon: blackberry, black cherry, catalpa (favorites of mine) and elderberry.
Monday it all goes public unless they decide to let 'er rip tomorrow in my absence. I think it's going to perform at least as well as the stuff it replaced, but there will be questions of course about differences in the interface.
I rubbed my hands together gleefully this afternoon realizing that we have now completely eliminated a number of software products that existed only to protect helpless Windows from the depredations of the public user. No more DeepFreeze, WinSelect, WinU, Comprise, or Norton Antivirus. The machines converted were about half and half XP and Win98. We now have no running XP except on three machines provided by the Gates Foundation at a large discount. Those have to be left intact for another year or so in fulfillment of the grant. We have Win2000 on two servers and two staff workstations. Another six staff workstations still have Win98SE on them, but two of those will be replaced by XP powerhouses that were freed up in this shakeout. Three more could easily be converted to Linux now if I just press a little bit.
The remaining XP power machine, formerly a public internet access workstation, goes to me for my own use and will, of course, be running Linux. I may just manage to sneak Second Life onto it, I believe it more than meets the requirements for that. I'd rather try WoW, but they have no Linux client. On the other hand, I'll be leaving an XP partition on it so maybe... Prolly I should upgrade the little used machine at the Reference desk to XP. The hardware can handle it, except perhaps the HD is too small. Must check that.
The gray and cold rain continued all night last night, all day today, and even now at dusk it's still dripping. We do need rain, but I could live without temperatures in the 30s. It's May! *Shakes fist at the sky.* You could easily believe it was March except that the trees have leaves on them now and the daffodils are long gone. The apple blossoms were pretty much washed away by this cold and wind, but lilacs hadn't quite opened so they are holding out. And there's more to come soon: blackberry, black cherry, catalpa (favorites of mine) and elderberry.
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Date: 2006-05-14 02:24 am (UTC)