users who think they're funny...

[alysania.livejournal.com]

...and really aren't.

I've been running around like a madwoman hunting computers from a list that holds just the machine name and a rather vague location for the machine (90% of the time, it's wrong). These machines are getting an extra stick of 128mb ram. Pathetic. Anyway, I go around the building and ask people for their machine name and then if they're on the list, ask them to shut down so that I can take a half a minute to pop in the new stick. Here's how it's gone:

User: My machine name? FRED! TEEHEE!
Me: *GLARE* that wasn't funny the first thirty times I heard it, and you're no exception. No, your computer name.. there, click on my computer once.. no, not double click.. JUST LET ME.. okay there.

User: Shut down? You mean log off?
Me: No, Shut down.
User: Oh, reboot..
Me: NO. SHUT DOWN!!!

And it's not just that this happened once or twice.. I'd say 35 out of the 45 machines I've done have been the same way.. for two days. Shoot me now?

Moving to Linux.

[conglacio.livejournal.com]

Sorry! I posted in the wrong group! I keep getting these tech support groups mixed up! sorry!

I am thinking of trying again with Linux...
However, I do have a relitivly screwed up partition setup, and I must be able to use skype.

So, 4 questions...Can any on you please help?

1 - Does anyone know how good the latest beta of Skype for Linux is?

2 - When I last used Linux, NTFS support was not great. What is it like these days?

3 - On my PC, the hard disk (80 GB) is split up as follows

c:	7MB Fat (Don't ask!)
d:	50GB NTFS (windows and applications)
e:	10GB NTFS (Files)
f:	10GB NTFS (More Files)
g:	4GB NTFS (Stuff)

After cleaning up a few things, I will have about 30GB to play with for use as places to put Linux and it's stuff.

So I am thinking of partitioning the disk as follows....

c:	7 MB Fat (Don't ask!)
d:	25 GB NTFS (windows and applications)
/	1 GB (main Linux parttion)
/Usr	5 GB
/Boot	50 MB
/Tmp	2 GB
/Var	2 GB
/Usr/Local	8 GB
/Home	8 GB
e:	10 GB NTFS (Files)
f:	11 GB NTFS (More Files)
Swap:	2 GB
g:	1GB NTFS (Stuff)

C & D have to be left where they are, and so does E & F, but I can shrink D, and so leave 25 GB space for linux, as above.

Will that work?

4 - However, I seem to recall that Linux needs to be near the start of the disk to be able to boot. Is that still correct?