Getting Back to Linux
26 October 2006After several months during which we made a long journey to Vietnam to adopt our second daughter, I’ve finally been able to get back to working with and learning more about Linux. I plan to chronicle my experience on my wiki - TwH Wiki. On the wiki, I’ll include an in depth look at how I’ve set up Linux, what problems I encountered along with their solution and a description of the software that I’m using on my Linux boxes.
As I’ve mentioned in a previous post, my goal is to try and convert from Windows to Linux as much as possible. That means, I’ll be searching for Linux software that replicates the Windows software I’m currently using. The ultimate objective is to see if I can eliminate the need for a Windows machine although that may require using a Windows emulator on Linux for a couple of programs. But, that is what this exercise is all about. So let’s see what happens.
I plan to use my blog to talk about what I’m doing and planning on implementing, but to not go into great detail here on the blog. That will be reserved for the wiki. The blog can be used as an overview to see what’s happening with the wiki.
For now, I’ve been working on setting up a basic network that works equally well with Linux and Windows boxes. I’m running one Windows machine and two Linux machines. Using Samba, I want to have a reliable network that includes all three machines. I’m also figuring out which support programs are needed on the Linux boxes for I can more easily keep track of things about Linux that I’ve learned and also save important information such as links to valuable web sites about Linux.
The bottom line: I’ll be working on the wiki to describe how I set up Samba and also talk about two programs that I find essential — BasKet and Synergy .
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