Well, not really. Even after following all the links to the supposed yellow dog Linux dist for the PS3 I didn’t really find much. I then assumed that the latest version would install, but it didn’t. So just gonna have to wait until version five comes out.
I did format the hard drive again though to set up a 10gb partition for Linux when its ready. This way I wont need to back up all my stuff by the time it comes out.
I have spent over two days playing around with OSX and managed to get it running on an external USB2 drive connected to my new laptop. Tiger is so much prettier than windows, but alas, as it wasn’t made for wintel machines not everything works. I did manage to get the on board sound, video, on board network and most things working. What do not work are the Intel Wireless, DVD Video, Microphone and on board Camera. I’m not complaining tho, it’s a great operating system. For those of who might be interested in doing the same, head over to osx86project (Google it) and have a look. 3 Months to go until I leave for Japan and I have yet to organize anything yet 
. I will probably get around to contacting IRD regarding tax etc sometime next month after I find out where I will be working. Also as I have yet to hear back from jet about where I will be working, I haven’t been able to sort out my visa. All in due time.
I don’t have much to talk about today, but I thought I would enlighten you as to the treatment Dell Support provided. This is regarding an older Dell Laptop (Inspiron 1150) that had a motherboard issue. After calling Dell twice – i didn’t have to wait anywhere near as long as with HP, I had moaned enough that they would arrange pickup and repair of the laptop – FREE OF CHARGE -More… as the laptop had been out of warranty for almost a year. Hows that? A++ Dell for your support, I really appreciate being treated like a valued customer, which is nothing like the horrendous support provided by HP. Too bad there were no finance options available for Dell Laptops, otherwise I wouldn’t have bought an HP.
I have been playing with my new toy a bit and have discovered the art of War Driving. I decided to lave my laptop on while scanning wireless connections (in Palmerson North) on the way home. I picked up a number of connections without any security measures – and this was only driving through the CBD. So, If anyone with a wireless laptop needs a free connection, go find one! I would list the location of these – If only I had a GPS to map the area. Ah well!
Got a nice new laptop (dv1610tn) from a retail store – no problems except the backup software will not create the restore cd’s as stupid hp do not supply discs with the laptops anymore. So, after installing all my stuff into the laptop, and discovering the computer wouldn’t create the recovery disc set – and waiting on the hp support phone line for half and hour, I decided to try the online support team. More…This was a nightmare ! After working out that the support team were either a bunch of semi-smart monkeys, or 13 year old tecchie wanna bees i gave up on them also. So, in the end, I wasted about 7 hours of reinstalling software, debugging and troubleshooting myself (nothing really helped from HP) I decided to give up.
I decided that if there would be a fatal system crash I would send it to HP and let them deal with it then. The actual suggestion from HP was to send the laptop back (less than a day old) and they would re image the whole machine! And for those of you out there who might be interested, the issue was “PC Recovery Disc Creator” not being able to create the restore image (error 20), although after a HP noob suggested I delete the image file that the software uses (it may be corrupt etc…) the software doesn’t even try anymore. I GIVE UP YOU HP BASTARDS – ILL SEND YOU MY INVOICE FOR 7 HOURS OF WASTED TIME ON A BRAND NEW LAPTOP
