This Google Tech Talk was very intersting, and I wanted to link it to remind me to come back and spend some more time on it:
How Open Source Projects Survive Poisonous People
They reference this email:
Why should I care what color the bikeshed is?
Northcote Parkinson was mentioned, and I would like to find out more about him.
Ok, Fedora 9 was released yesterday, and the driver issue was not fixed.
As far as I can find on the Internet, Xorg 7.4 is supposed to come out this month (May 2008). An exact date is not mentioned anywhere. I read somewhere that NVidia will wait until Xorg releases the version before releasing their driver.
In the meantime, RandR is my goal. I want to take advantage of this new feature:
Xorg RandR 1.2 howto
I have used Knoppix for many a system administration job — rescuing PC’s or enlarging a virtual hard drive.
I just found a great video about Knoppix that might come in handy at some point in the future.
