Fedora 10 Basic Up and Running

I was able to install Fedora 10 using USB boot and it has been successfully update to include latest updates as well as openoffice... next step, testing out hardware compatibilities for my use...

My Tryst with Windows Vista

Well, today, my tryst with windows vista ends, for now...

Finally, I have managed to corrupt the partition table of my HP laptop's hard disk (that's what it looks like to me). The recovery option on boot up (F11) is not working. HP does not give recovery CDs so that means that I have reached the point of no return...

It all started with I bought this laptop about 10 months back. Vista didn't impress me at all. Given that I had successfully managed to install x86_64 on my earlier laptop that was perhaps first to be shipped with Anthlon-64 way back in 2004, I decided to give this laptop dual boot the day I bought it :). I like linux enough to start on this route... anyway, that meant shrinking windows partition and as someone who tried shinking partitions on vista would know already, windows does not give up space as easily. It kept occupying huge space unreasonably that could otherwise be freed. Anyway, I managed a near perfect install of Fedora 9 and got everything working including my TV and my Music System from it... but it was too good to last...

Vista never worked without problems, occasional freezing issues that became too frequent and its refusal to upgrade to SP1. Finally I upgraded to SP1 that lasted for few good days and problems came back... Today, I decided, enough is enough and decided to delete vista partition from hard disk and recreated a smaller one and thought that HP recovery partition would reinstall in that... but that was not to be...

So, today, I'm downloading Fedora 10 now and with a complete reformat of HDD, going one way... I have forgetten some tweaks so I thought let's use blog to keep track... so here is an effort...

Belated Happy New Year!

Well, after long time, I get to post a happy new year greeting to all my blog readers... enjoy where you are.

I have been busy these times, with a course that I'm doing as well as customer engagements and traveling to US... haven't found breathing space yet but I need to start some anyway.

The really black "Black Friday"

The bargain hunting ritual of Black Friday needs to stop. It has increasingly become a pain to society. What happened yesterday had it coming for long. Shopping is celebrated in US and bargain hunting is seen as a sport. The scene outside shops resemble refugee camps of famished people waiting for first meal in years.

Worst part was when people refused to cooperate and kept "shopping". So much for civilized society and developed countries.

Aamir (The Movie)

This is a great movie. I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with the opinions in the movie but it surely has enough good to make it to one of my top lists. I'm a bit liberal in awarding 10/10 to movies, as perhaps you can see from imdb voting lists, if I have enjoyed a movie end-to-end I give it a 10.

I would recommend everyone to watch it at least once. I wish more movies like this were being made in Bollywood.