New Daylight Savings Time

[whyun]

We have IT guys working on the work computersto handle the shift in the daylight savings time but how do you fix it on the home computer? I manually changed one hour forward but in April (when the old daylight savings kicks in), I have to go back one hour.

 

[drawoh]

MikeHalloran,

The best way to do updates on a Linux desktop is to acquire the latest media CD or DVD and do a new install. I did an update on a Red Hat desktop a long time ago, and while it worked, I was not happy with the results. Yum updates are a good idea on an internet server, but I see little point on a desktop, particularly one that is working properly.

I have a Three Hour rule. In three hours, I can reformat the hard drive, re-install Linux and have everything working perfectly. I refuse to spend three hours trying to fix something. This is possible because...

[ol]
[li]I have the media DVD.[/li]
[li]I took notes last time I installed it.[/li]
[li]My user files are on a separate partition.[/li]
[li]I don't do updates. Updates are complicated to keep track of, and I doubt they can be repeated within my three hour limit.[/li]
[/ol]

I have not had a disaster lately. I used to have a machine I eventually realized had a flakey power supply. Never was so much grief and frustration cured by the expenditure of ten bucks. I have been hacked once. When the installer asks if you want the firewall, say "Yes".

JHG

 

[MikeHalloran]

This Thinkpad is >7 years old. CDs only. No distribution, of dozens I've tried, has detected all the hardware and done a clean install without help. FC4 is the least awful.

I maxed out the RAM and bought a hardware modem and a supported NIC, but that's my limit. I'll get a better laptop when one of my kids throws one out.

In the meantime, it's a learning experience, and a challenge to keep my brain from turning to mush while I'm between jobs.




Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA