Linux for Keysers | Adventures in Open Source

Well, in spite of all the headaches and issues I went through with my old D430, it's been sad to see it go... Today, I imaged it for a co-worker and put WinXP back on it. I felt bad. It's kind of like reclaiming land, building some futuristic development on it, and then clearing it again to turn it into a waste dump. The machine was INSTANTLY 30% slower and I'm sure it will just go downhill from here. Bummer. Farewell D430. I wish I could say you were going to a better place...

Since switching to Ubuntu, I've been using the Terminal Services Client program (Applications->Internet->Terminal Services Client) to connect to my work VM which is hosted on a VMware ESX 3.5 u3 server. I used that VM prior to upgrading to Ubuntu (yes, it is an upgrade) and essentially used my laptop, as far as work was concerned, as a thin client. One thing that always annoyed me was that the "full screen" option was just that - complete and total full screen! Ubuntu was washed completely from view and I was stuck in the land of dual-monitored ultra-Windows. If I hadn't installed an app on my remote VM called MaxTo , I would have had serious problems effectively using both monitors (hitting maximize would expand the windows to fill the entire desktop area of both monitors). However, at least with MaxTo installed, I could get my work done. Even so, I still found hitting CTRL-ALT-ENTER each time I wanted to go back to my real desktop a bit annoying. I mean, ...