Benfalk Blog

Today was a pretty good day.  In spite of quite a few interruptions I set out on building the web kiosk system I have been working on from the ground up today.  I opted to try Gentoo’s minimal install for it’s speed and ease of use.  So far I must say I have learned quite a bit more about Linux that I previously didn’t know.  If anyone wants to learn more of the nuts and bolts to Linux, or the idea behind any operating system for that mater, I recommend installing Gentoo from scratch.  It makes you compile your kernel from source, which, in theory will give you a leaner and faster running operating system because it will only have the things you need it to have.

I brought the kiosk system home from work so I could finish getting some things squared away on it because it was bugging me.  Before I did though, I went for a run tonight to try and keep some sort of order to my training.  When I got back from my run Mason helped me by explaining how to load up different kernels into my boot section.  Now I have a game plan to make a final clamped and locked down kernel for the system when I have it all ready for release =) .

A large part of my evening, aside from running was spent over at Lucas’s watching Blade… ‘LOL’ at the graphics for that movie.  After the movie we made a voyage to Walmart, in which I made a quick purchase of 48 cans of tuna, 4 pounds of spinach, and a tube a carmex cream for my lips… what a life I live haha.  Tomorrow is my Friday since I have Wednesday off from work before the big Thanksgiving holiday. I’m hoping to pull an all-night coding tomorrow and finally finish my user library for Codeigniter!