Yum Update: 482:07

As I usually do while teaching class, I installed a Fedora 8 machine, and ran yum update.  Today I noticed a strange amount of time for one particular download:

While this is hilarious, its shouldn’t happen.  Any ideas?  I know it didn’t take 28927 seconds (or about 1/3 of a day) to download that foomatic package.
Cheers,
Herlo

February 4, 2008 • Tags: , , • Posted in: Fedora, Rants, Tech, Yum • One Comment

Thunderbird! You’re Annoying us all!

Let me get this out first, I’m a avid fan of all things Mozilla. Even with the limitations they cause, the problems I’ve heard about Firefox and Thunderbird and all that Jazz, I’m still a big fan, current and future consumer of these wonderful applications.
BUT!
Why is it that a bug that has been logged [...]

November 29, 2007 • Tags: , , • Posted in: Mail, Rants, Tech, Tools • 7 Comments