Hey Rocky... Awaiting Hat Trick...

Here we go again...

I decided I was going to do some playing around.  I'm apparently the only person on the planet who has  never used VirtualBox, so I started planning on giving it a go.  That was last year sometime, and you see how long it's taken me to get 'round to trying to implement everything.

Well, I took a big step today.  I just set up a new Saluki Linux install.

Yeah.  Saluki.

I know, everyone is staring strangely at there screens right now.  I know Saluki has been on the discontinued list for some time, etc., etc.  But I happen to like this distribution.  It's Puppy with a different feel. 

And, by the way, I just happen to like the name "Saluki" better than "Carolina".  (If your name happens to be "Carolina", or you live in one of the Carolinas, I'm sorry.  But that's just they way it is.)

To be honest, if I wanted to do this on a Puppy distro, I probably should've used Precise or FatDog, or somesuch.  But...  I don't know...  To me, it just happens to "feel right" for using Saluki.  (Don't ask me to explain that.  You know how that goes...)

Anyway, I found a nice 32 GB USB thumb drive, which I figured would give as much room as I needed, and I went to town.  In no time at all, I had it partitioned and everything copied over.  Downloaded the .SFS's for FireFox and VirtualBox, and...

Well, put myself in a holding pattern.  I DID install FireFox through the SFS Loader, but I'm holding off on VB, at least for the time being.  There's a very specific OS that I want to grab and try, but I need to do some more research before I have a go.

In the meantime, I think I'm also going to grab WINE, and do some experimenting with it.  I have a bit old Win software that I want to see if it will load/run properly.  If so, I may have solved the problem of needing to take my Mac along while out on a job.  We shall definitely see...

And, by the by, what is it with Midori and HotMail??  I know MS can be some royal pains trying to finangle people into swallowing IE, but...  Come on!  Not even allowing a browser to log onto your service?  That's chintzy.

Yeesh.