Feeling of Power

My workmate phoned me this evening, asking me about something to do with K9Copy. I think the sole purpose of her computer is to pirate DVDs.

Anyway, after I finished on the phone, I checked my Hotmail inbox, to find that she'd double-clicked the program that sends me her IP address. For some reason, VNC didn't work to her box... it just gave me a blank screen. But SSH happily connected. I scouted around her computer and found some files she was missing (DVD images, of course), set up the IP-address-sending program so it launches every time she logs in, and left her a message on her desktop.

And I loved the feeling of power it gave me. I guess you've never experienced what it's like to be a Linux user until you've used SSH.

I bought Linda an older copy of Linux Format magazine, so maybe she'll find some inspiration from that to use her computer in different ways. I hate the thought that she's bought a $620 DVD copier.

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[Christopher]

UPDATE: VNC wasn't working because I had set it to ask the user whether I could access the desktop. Next time I was around there, I set it just to use a password. Worked beautifully. She wants a printer now, so I guess she's planning on using the computer for non-DVD-related tasks.