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(Pre-)Linux woes

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As I’ve now been using GNU/Linux at work, I thought I might as well install it at home. I really liked Knoppix which works well with all my hardware. The problem now is that when you do a hard-disk install, the Knoppix-kernel is replaced with the default Debian-one (I suppose). And that one doesn’t know about my Adaptec 2400A IDE-RAID controller, and thus “panic”s.
Thus, I’m currently downloading Gentoo, which might be a bit above my head (the stage1 install certainly was), but we’ll see. Can’t be any worse than the pains with Partition Magic (7 crashes, 8 works) to actually free up some disk-space… 😉

Taking the plunge

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Then ordered myself a really nice laptop (the price-range of which my parents do not entirely agree with…). I just hope that Dell‘s build quality is nice enough, in particular the keyboard – which according to reviews has not always been good…

Gunslinger Girls

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I also watched (big surprise there) 8 episodes of “Gunslinger Girls” in two days (which at my current rate is a whole lot). After hearing of it first, I thought it was made for me. Then I had fears, fueled by AnimeSuki-forum posts, that it might be an “assassination of the week”-type show (or as emotionally unengaging as “Noir”). Luckily, it’s neither. It’s sad, so I’m a sucker for it… 😉

A proper Sub!

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Kudos to AonE for picking up “Mezzo DSA”. Sometimes I feel that I don’t get the humour (either because it’s a difficult thing to translate or because I suck), but that doesn’t make it any worse; although their decision to concentrate (at least so far) on paranormal things is – to say the least – a bit surprising.

Mezzo DSA

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I now have to catch up on nearly 5 days of anime-torrents… :S Having been a big fan of Yasuomi Umetsu’s “(A)Kite” and “Mezzo Forte”, I put the first “Mezzo DSA” episode at the very top of the queue, and certainly wasn’t disappointed. The action hasn’t been toned down and the animation nearly as good as in the OVA. I just hope than someone other than AJ picks it up as well (and that it runs for a long time)… 😉

New Job

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My (temporary) office Started my job unexpectedly early (Tuesday) and I only got a web- (and all other sorts of) account(s) today. Seems interesting so far, actually went to Goettingen by train today to hear a talk, so it was quite an adventure.
This is my temporary office; to the left is a Linux-PC (or to make Mr. Stallmann happy, a GNU/Linux PC), and to the right a Unix-terminal. As it’s an office for two people, there’s an equivalent set-up on the other side of the room.