~kanarip

So now that I have this new netbook thingy, kinda like a key-chain accessory, I want the packages I have installed on my huge-ass need-a-truck laptop to be on the netbook as well. I could, of course, do a rpm -qa on one end and install the packages listed on the other end, but that's not very sustainable. Here's what I did:

1. Let Puppet collect the packages on node ghandalf.kanarip.com
2. Let Puppet install all of those packages on weee.kanarip.com

Like the snail said, riding on the back of the turtle: Weeee!

With a little help from my friends (Andreas Thiennemann in particular), I managed to get my hands on a piece of equipment I was planning on buying anyway; a netbook.

Here in Canada though, these things are particularly cheap.

Next on the list of things to do is:

1. Never boot anything but a superior version of the greatest Operating System on a piece of equipment as cool as a netbook. The first thing that Acer will attempt to boot is a Windows Vista based eRecovery Suite in order for you to install Windows XP Home. I rest my case.
2. Download Fedora 12.
3. Check the list of things you need to know before trying all kinds of things to make the foo work. In my case, I found this page very useful. For one, it helped me boot Fedora ;-)