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Linux again

So I am feeling more comfortable with linux. I was able to install Wine to run windows programs, and even got a demo of VMWare on which I currently have windows 98 running (winxp is next).

Yesterday I set up remote access into my home computer from work, and can even use my desktop (via VNC).

I also found a java based SQL manager, so I can now do some simple DB admin. This is part of my longer term strategy to get more into PHP and web programming.

So far I have to say that I am impressed. I've done the updates that are required and haven't had to reboot once! My computer has been running for a couple weeks straight now and I haven't rebooted yet it runs as if I have.

I also was able to convert my NTFS drive to fat32 (using another computer with windows and partitoin magic on it) so that I can better access the data on it.

My next step now is to figure out why I can't seem to burn discs. I put in 700 M discs and it says that even with 650 M data I have too much data.

Once I get that figured, I will burn off everything I need to keep then reformat the larger drive in EXT3 like the smaller drive I'm using now for Linux and re-install it there.

It's fun learning new stuff!
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