Using DELL SUU 7.2 on Centos 6.4

After readming through a couple of posts and blogs on how to use SUU on CentOS the following worked for me.

Please note that if you do not have the right rpm's installed the update process will delete your /tmp directory, so try this on a non production server first.

 Install the relevant rpms:

yum -y install glibc.i686 compat-libstdc++-33.i686 libstdc++.i686 zlib.i686 libxml2.i686 libXp.i686 libXtst.i686 ncurses-libs pam.i686 ncurses-libs.i686 compat-libstdc++-296

Mount the ISO image or dvd and run the following from the mountpoint

 ./suu -c (check if there are any updates)
./suu -u (update)

 you can do a tail -f /var/log/dell/suu/* to see what is happening.

Windows 8 UI

Read the post from Microsoft on the feedback they had for the Windows 8 pre-release. They keep missing the point. The user experience should be the key focus, not trying to fit the tablet experience to the desktop experience. One of the reasons people are moving to Apple products is the user experience. Windows 8 should not force a context switch when you try and use the product.

Compare the following, how does the start screen differ?

Tech-Ed Africa 2010

If you ever have the opportunity to see Andy Malone speak on security, do so. Well worth the effort.

Rome September 2009

New toys

Mount Etnea

Taormina part 02 (Bar Turrisi)