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What I've long suspected turns out to be true; you can spend less money on hardware as well when using open source software. Double the savings! Don't believe me? The IT manager at Westall Secondary College (where I occasionally help out) has said just that in an article called "Ubuntu breathes new life into school's abandoned hardware".

• (13:05) sarge -> etch successful, after telling lilo about the initrd image #
• (13:14) @pjf I wanted to do it months ago, but the client had *massive* staff turnover. Sadly, this box will be IIS before long :-( #
• (13:23) Oh! Dead tree outside is actually falling over onto footpath/street! #
• (17:55) @johndalton Agreed. Luckily rdiff-backup is clever about detecting it's already running. #

• (09:13) *BOOM* went Xen #
• (09:48) Tip: Zimbra on Ubuntu or Etch needs to have pam_limits.so enabled or mailboxd will die with "Too many open files." #

• (00:52) Hmm, codewarrior 10 installs and runs fine under basilisk2 :-) #
• (07:42) Remember this moron drivers: "if I block intersections with my car my life is forfeit" #
• (07:42) Also, pulling out into 100km/h traffic off a freeway off ramp: not clever #
• (14:58) pretty damn windy #
• (20:30) hmm, electric socks... #
• (20:59) yay, multirec seems to work now! :-) #