So, over the last month or so I’ve been taken with various other Linux distributions. Now, I’m perfectly happy with my main Ubuntu setup, but knowing that the 20Gb partition I set aside for it had a lot of unused space, I came upon the idea of resizing it down, freeing up a couple of Gb, and using the spare space as a testbed, to install any distros that took my fancy, and check them out.

Tonight’s the first attempt, using OpenSuSE 10.3 which came with this month’s Linux Format.

Wish me luck.

So, with my front headlight bulb failing, and Halfords refusing to replace it, I finally decided to just book the car into a garage and get the driver’s side electric window fixed at the same time.

However, it turned nasty when the garage informed me that the window needed a new regulator, which would need to be an official part and would cost £220 (apparently for other cars, they maybe cost about £80).

*sigh* I really hope my car is better behaved next year breakdown-wise.  This year’s been really nasty for repair bills.