[Tfug] BYOB [Bring Your Own Box] Event

[Jim March]

Hey, BYOB with laptops still makes sense in Linux because we swap
SOFTWARE parts around - and tips for same.

Comparing different methods of running virtual machines (Windows or
??? as guest OS under Linux) is a particular interest to me.  My CPU
doesn't have hardware virtualization but despite that I'm doing quite
well with Virtualbox and 2gigs RAM.

Jim

On 6/20/07, Jeremy D Rogers <jdrogers at optics.arizona.edu> wrote:
> >        I like to tinker with computers, boxes that is, only because they
> > are tinkerable: you
> > can mix & match memory chips, disk drives, motherboards, video cards
> > etc. You cannot
> > do many of these things at all with a laptop/notebook/PDA.
> >
> >        Your talking to a guy that used to fix ailing components in TV
> > sets. These skills are
> > a dying art, like piano tuning.
>
> Odd, I would have thought replacing a component on a TV would be more
> challenging than swapping ram, HD, miniPCI cards on a laptop.
>
> Granted, the video and many other components are integrated on the MB
> these days, but there are still lots of stuff easier to replace than
> in a TV. My parents tell me I got in big trouble once when I took
> apart the family TV and couldn't get it back together. I guess I was
> too young to remember (but not too young to wield a screwdriver).
>
> In any case, I thought the BOYB meetings were still more about
> software trouble shooting and show-and-tell anyway. I know everyone
> wants to see Chris Hill's fun with linux on his tablet.
> JDR
>
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