Blow it away and install something else: Both Linux and MovableType hate me
I’ve tried using linux multiple times in the past with each time ending the same way; me going back to Windows. These cycles started in my freshmen year in college when I was considering a Comp Sci major. I had installed RedHat since that was the popular variant at the time. I got my system up and running but I couldn’t get my video card working so back to Windows I went. My most recent attempt was during the past month with my laptop that I had used for grad school. Since I didn’t have any important school stuff to worry about, I thought I’d give it another go. Unfortunately, I think there are way too many sources of information in the open source community. I’m more of a linear thinker in the sense that I follow directions to a fault. If I run into troubles or challenges, I search google and follow the directions of one of the top search results. This got me in trouble when the first directions I stumbled across didn’t work and so I found the next search result and continued from there. Apparently, running cryptic commands from the terminal can hose up a system. It ended up that I had somehow removed or unassociated the file explorer piece of the interface so I was unable to browse the CD or hard drive. I took this as a sign that the linux gods still think I’m incompetent (which I acknowledge) and should not roll with linux.
After getting good ole familiar XP loaded, I decided to sit down and post some musing on my blog. When I logged into the blog there was a headline that there was a new version of MovableType out that fixed some security issues. Sounded important, so I downloaded and ran the upgrade. I thought somethingwas amiss when I ended up with four login boxes on the login page.
As a result of the botched upgrade, I’ve now given up on the MovableType blogging platform. I had been using it since I started my blog back in college. Through the years, I’ve tried other blogging platforms, but I always came back to MovableType due to the knowledge I had accumulated and my ability to edit it to my liking. This tacit knowledge came through various problems during upgrades over the years. These problems manifested themselves as corrupted databases to the most recent issue of duplicate login forms. Searching google did not yield any solution to my duplicate problem. So I thought I might as well make it a night of installation by installing WordPress. I had briefly used WordPress a while ago but I stopped using it due to challenges in making my blog do things I wanted it to. This previous install made re-installing it a little more difficult.
As you can see, I’m not completely inept at technology and software since I got this up and running agian.
