We got this laptop in a few days ago. Totally virused and the owner wanted a new operating system on it. No one had time to do it what with the work load we’ve had. The owner called and asked how it was going. I didn’t want to lie, but said that it was being worked on and should be ready by the weekend if all went well.
I gave George an update when he came in that evening and he said that starting tomorrow, I could back up all the data and start working on the computer. I flustered. He said I could do it, as I’d done it on my own machine. He had me there. So, I got started on copying the data to these little thumb drives that Patriot makes. 8gb in a drive the size of my thumb joint. The guy had about 14gb of data on this thing. I got it done and then told George it was ready for him to put on the new operating system.
George laughed and told me to get on with it. huh??? George smiled and told me I could do it. yeah, right! He said he’d walk me thought it, but I had to do everything. Okay…. The guy wanted Fedora 10 on the laptop. I got on the web, and went to the Fedora project page. I started downloading the iso image and answered a few calls while that was going on.
Then, I burned a cd of the iso image. George just smiled. After that, I checked to see if the laptop could boot from CD and then booted the disk. Up it came, and I did the install. It was a LOT easier than I figured it would be! After I got the basic install done, I got the updates and then loaded some of the programs on that were needed like Open Office, Gimp, Scribus and such. Then I re-installed his data, restored his bookmarks on Firefox and his email on Evolution. Wow that one was easy! Everything worked!
Today, the guy came to pick it up. (a 7 on the cute meter!) He was very happy with it and told me to give the tech his thanks. I said, “Your’re welcome.” and he gave me a puzzled look. I then had to explain that I was the tech who did the work. Oh was he surprized. 
He paid his bill and even gave me a $5 tip! Wheeee!!! I could get use to this.
What I didn’t know was that George and Dan were watching from the breakroom. After the guy left, they teased me about flirting with the customers! argh…. However, even their silly Boyz behaivor couldn’t spoil my day. I wouldn’t share my tip either!
Wheeeee!!!!
ps…. George wants me to go for my A+ exams now…..
Tags: Fedora 10
