Back to my regular laptop.....
I just noticed that the post I made a few hours ago is dated March 19, 4:50pm -- the time and date of the system clock at the time I posted. That obviously wasn't right, and it's been fixed.
I went to Panera for dinner, with the Linux laptop in tow. I was able to detect their wireless internet, but I couldn't connect to it. I tried several times. I think there's something more I need to do before it will work. (At home, I can detect my neighbors' wireless connections, and all but one have them locked down.)
As for the boycott, I sort of participated. I read the posts of the people who chose not to participate, but I didn't start responding until about 4 pm. Plus today's posts are the first I made since Monday.
In the past week, I've been focusing my attention on the Linux laptop. It's working quite well, but less than perfect. The system clock is losing time, which tells me the internal battery may need replacing (if I can find it). The battery pack doesn't hold a charge at all. Sometimes the 8|i|k|,|=|] keys don't work.
As for Linux, the install went smoothly, but I've not been able to get the modem or wireless PCMCIA cards to work. I like the OS, and it comes with some decent games (I can't beat the computer at Othello or Connect Four). But it isn't plug-and-play, which IMO wouldn't make it a viable candidate for a neophyte or average computer user -- especially one that's used to Windows.
I went to Panera for dinner, with the Linux laptop in tow. I was able to detect their wireless internet, but I couldn't connect to it. I tried several times. I think there's something more I need to do before it will work. (At home, I can detect my neighbors' wireless connections, and all but one have them locked down.)
As for the boycott, I sort of participated. I read the posts of the people who chose not to participate, but I didn't start responding until about 4 pm. Plus today's posts are the first I made since Monday.
In the past week, I've been focusing my attention on the Linux laptop. It's working quite well, but less than perfect. The system clock is losing time, which tells me the internal battery may need replacing (if I can find it). The battery pack doesn't hold a charge at all. Sometimes the 8|i|k|,|=|] keys don't work.
As for Linux, the install went smoothly, but I've not been able to get the modem or wireless PCMCIA cards to work. I like the OS, and it comes with some decent games (I can't beat the computer at Othello or Connect Four). But it isn't plug-and-play, which IMO wouldn't make it a viable candidate for a neophyte or average computer user -- especially one that's used to Windows.