I am SOOOOOOOO close ...

[unixronin]

... to just saying "Fuck it" and reformatting every disk on every machine I own.

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[ithildae.livejournal.com]

I like the idea, I just know that right now I don't have the stuffin' in me to reinstall 10 computer OSs so that I don't get lynched by the family.

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

I told him he can't and he gave me a Look. I reminded him how long it took him to rip 300+ CDs to MP3.

You're running 10 different OSes? That's more than us. We're running 6. I think... *BSD, Solaris 10, Windows 2K, Slackware, Gentoo, and MacOS. I was going to say 7 but remembered that his base OS is a Slack same as what llioness is running.

I don't think he thinks of the Macintoshes are his computers to reformat. Nor most of the Win2K boxes. Touching llioness would be a very bad idea for him.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

babylon5 hardly really counts as Slackware any more, I've replaced so much of it.

[ithildae.livejournal.com]

Not 10 different OSs, thank G-d. But 10 computers that must run or the admin gets mobbed.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I was just feeling frustrated and futile anyway.

[ithildae.livejournal.com]

Just do an inplace reinstall of gentoo on your oldest machine. That should cure the desire to change things. Of course, it may not help the frustrated and futile part.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

This is the only machine with a Gentoo install on it right now, and it's not the running OS because I never got Xorg working to my satisfaction.

And oh my god, X.org's setup tool is unconscionably horrible.

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

I'll move mabolgamp over later. I think I need a nap right now.