Back Into the Depths
September 12
I’ve been running an Ubuntu box downstairs (or, rather, on my old PC) for several years now. Probably something like 4 years. Wow. Anyway, lately it’s just not doing what I need it to do. And with the kid, I’m not able to spend a day troubleshooting one file’s permissions or why CUPS doesn’t want to let me print a test page from the Mac. I’m thinking of going back to Windows on it.
All I need to be able to do is share (as writable) the music folder on an external drive and use the printer. I’m sure Windows can handle those bits, right? Testing in IE 6 and 7 will be nice, too, of course. I plan to strip the rest of the system as much as I can, though. I don’t even plan on having email or anything like that set up. Well, maybe some sort of torrent application, to save the iBook some trouble.
So, here’s my question for you, dear reader, what’s essential nowadays for Windows? And do you have any advice on doing the few things I want to be able to do?