My first day at the new job went pretty much as I expected. Filled with introductions, paperwork, mile-high system overviews, and the tedious configuration of a new workstation. The drive to/from the office was a little stressful, since it was raining. It took about an hour for the ~25 mile commute. I’m going to try to start leaving earlier and see if I can beat the rush.
I’ve got a desktop PC running Debian Linux, which I’m configuring to run as a test server. It will be handling a bunch of Apache/Perl stuff. I’m currently bringing in my laptop from home to act as a client, though I’m not really using it much yet. I was encouraged when I booted up the laptop and my manager jokingly said “Windows? Did I pick the wrong guy for this job?” Today, I brought in a Knoppix 3.7 boot CD, but I couldn’t get my wireless card to connect to the local network. I’ll try messing with that again later, or just fall back to a wired connection.
Congrats again on the job. The coolest ones I have ever seen have come from the video card manufacturers, sometimes those little driver CD’s that everyone ignores have some cool stuff on them.
Sounds like a job you can enjoy! Happy Holidays!!
What part of town are you headed to Dougal? 25 miles could put you in Roswell/Alpharetta or Atlanta.
The office is in the Marietta/Smyrna area. Right off of where I-75 and Windy Hill intersect.