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Change was the dominant theme of the past year. Changes the resulted in my now living in Costa Rica, and the systems that I use.

Instead of rehabilitating old laptops, I am now focusing on netbooks, tablets,, and smartphones. Small and mobile now are my major theme. I use my Nokia phone as a WiFi hotspot, my HP mini is my netbook, and the NookColor, which runs Android, is my tablet. Everything is small and mobile.

Mandriva 2010 has a vastly improved install script. The install provided a choice between KDE and Gnome desktops. I went with Gnome, as KDE and older machines have a stormy relationship. After the initial boot, there were several problems.

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The latest version of the courseware for my Linux Kernel Fundamentals course is now available from ITCourseware at http://bit.ly/bf82sN.