Saint’s Log
The log of someone struggling to avoid the use of non free software
I hate this :>
I got my work laptop fixed and I got one more evidence that proprietary software sucks!
The support service replaced the main board. Gnu/Linux had NO problem to start, Eclipse needed just some workplace path fixing. Windows eXtra Panzone (extra fatty) instead prompted me again for the activation procedure. I heard about something like this if the kludge did’nt like the “hardware signature”.
O.K. let’s do it by netw… GODAMMIT! The IP and gateway are those of another network, and the system prevents me from fixing the network config… Paranoid, idiot bloodsuckers!
Now I have some options left…
- Dial Microsoft for reactivating the machine and bow to their diktat;
- Dial Microsoft for reactivating the machine and bill them the time I’ll spend on it;
- Claim that XP is not functional anymore preventing me from working on any project that requires working with Windows. In a few weeks the XP partition could be replaced by an EXT3 one.
The one guessing what’s my favorite option will win the golden galleon Harry owes me…
Nice things… I broke my left wrist (not this nice) so I can’t drive until January 11th (this is nice, I’ m starting hating driving1). Therefore the “Euridice” pizzata (pizza meeting) took place in my home. “Euridice” guys (malveo and mmzz) left some nice markings on my plaster cast: “pkill -9 java” (I program in Java at work) “vim rulez” (I’m an emacsite monk :), I use Emacs in almost all my work activities ) and the best one “dpkg –reconfigure arm”.
Honor citation to Minni’s
bones.each do |b|
b.repair |
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1 Here in Veneto region all the cars queued could make a live much much longer than the road network, there are too many cars…