Finally!

I am currently writing this in my new laptop, it is an HP DV2200 my dad got me for school. It came with Windows Vista Business 32-bit, after a month or so of pure misery, I was able to get a 64-bit version, but it ended up being Vista Home Premium, oh well. Maybe I will write a very detailed post about my very disappointing experience later on.

That's not the point of this post though, as you may or may not know, I use Fedora Core as my main operating system on my desktop. I have been using it for years now, and that's why I installed it on this laptop. Unfortunately, the linux drivers for my Intel 3945ABG wireless card don't like to play nice. After a few weeks of getting no results, I had a very enlightening day. This morning I could see wireless networks but not connect to them, in the afternoon, I could connect to open unprotected networks, and now I am connected to a WPA2 secured access point!

This might not sound like a big deal, but I have been trying to figure this out for a while. Even though I have to use the command line and type a lot in order to connect to a network, I'm sure there is some program that will do it for me. I tried one called NetworkManager, but all it did was tell me what networks were available, when I tried to connect, it just sat there. Now I can start messing around with more interesting things like syncing my laptop and desktop files automatically. I've done all these things before, but they were with another laptop, another desktop, and over a year ago, so I don't remember a thing.

In other news, today I finally got my Public Storage space thing to keep all the dorm stuff over the summer. It's not very close, but oh well, at least it's cheaper than the storage options RIT recommends. It's a 5x10' room, it's the smallest they had. If anyone is reading this (which is unlikely) and has some extra stuff to store over the summer, I'll be happy to put it in there. Just make sure it's not explosive, illegal, alive, etc...

Well, that's it for today.... and yes, I am posting this wirelessly from my laptop through an encrypted connection while using linux. (I just wanted to say that again.)