Misc Stuffs
Task 1 of my new Linux world - Get Vista PC and Linux PC to talk to each other and share files.
Step 1: Enable a Samba share on the Linux desktop - Done. This proved to be pretty easy, right click folder, select "share" or something like that, some very simple dialogue boxes and we're all done.
Step 2: Map to the folder on the Vista Machine - Fail. Turn's out, Vista doesn't like samba shares much. A dig around the internet suggests this isn't me being stupid, but rather Vista refuses to use the authentication protocols that samba supports. Looks like I need to do a bit of a registry hack to get it to work too, as the security policies admin tool isn't included in the "Home" versions. Something to try tonight (I gave up yesterday before cordless peripherals went flying across the room, I've only just tidied it.)
That a point to Linux then, for being far easier than Windows when it comes to setting up talks with the opposition.
I watched the first two episodes of Heroes yesterday (they were getting a rerun late at night when I was cooking but should have been sleeping). Seems ok, but I'm not sure it's necessarily all that special (it's got rave reviews everywhere). Strikes me as reasonably derivative American supernatural-scifi, maybe I just wasn't paying enough attention to catch the subtler depths.. or maybe they just come later. Still, can't turn down a good bit of supernatural-scifi with existentialist voice-overs in the intro can you?
The flat is almost restored to it's former glory post PC building (it's been host to a large pile of boxes for a week) although I've yet to devise a good solution for the storage of all the spare bits of stuff... cables, brackets, more cables, expansion ports, and yet more cables, etc. Up to this point the solution has been "large cardboard box" although this does make finding anything in the tangled heap of electronics very hard, and runs the risk of damaging things. A more compartmentalised solution which is sufficiently flexible to accommodate the various sizes of ... stuff... that I've got is needed. And if possible, it shouldn't cost me any money or much time.
Step 1: Enable a Samba share on the Linux desktop - Done. This proved to be pretty easy, right click folder, select "share" or something like that, some very simple dialogue boxes and we're all done.
Step 2: Map to the folder on the Vista Machine - Fail. Turn's out, Vista doesn't like samba shares much. A dig around the internet suggests this isn't me being stupid, but rather Vista refuses to use the authentication protocols that samba supports. Looks like I need to do a bit of a registry hack to get it to work too, as the security policies admin tool isn't included in the "Home" versions. Something to try tonight (I gave up yesterday before cordless peripherals went flying across the room, I've only just tidied it.)
That a point to Linux then, for being far easier than Windows when it comes to setting up talks with the opposition.
I watched the first two episodes of Heroes yesterday (they were getting a rerun late at night when I was cooking but should have been sleeping). Seems ok, but I'm not sure it's necessarily all that special (it's got rave reviews everywhere). Strikes me as reasonably derivative American supernatural-scifi, maybe I just wasn't paying enough attention to catch the subtler depths.. or maybe they just come later. Still, can't turn down a good bit of supernatural-scifi with existentialist voice-overs in the intro can you?
The flat is almost restored to it's former glory post PC building (it's been host to a large pile of boxes for a week) although I've yet to devise a good solution for the storage of all the spare bits of stuff... cables, brackets, more cables, expansion ports, and yet more cables, etc. Up to this point the solution has been "large cardboard box" although this does make finding anything in the tangled heap of electronics very hard, and runs the risk of damaging things. A more compartmentalised solution which is sufficiently flexible to accommodate the various sizes of ... stuff... that I've got is needed. And if possible, it shouldn't cost me any money or much time.
posted by Sarum at
Monday, July 30, 2007
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