Griffindor
From Pigasoftware
Griffindor is a workstation used by Piga Software. Its name comes from a misspelling of the word "Gryffindor", from the Harry Potter books. Griffindor runs the Fedora 10 GNU/Linux operating system. A lot of Piga Software projects are developed on this computer. It also currently has a vitalized machine running Microsoft Windows XP Professional, called "Scabbers" (also from Harry Potter).
On the naming scheme: "I don't know how we ended up on Harry Potter names, since we have never liked them that much, they are okay stories, a little annoying at times, but overall decent. The main point of it was to continue the tradition of comparing Microsoft to a famous fictional evil. Star Wars and Star Trek references have been overdone and Harry Potter was another famous fictional universe to reference (we name our Windows computers and virtual machines after the villains and the GNU/Linux computers after the hero's names). Though I do have my gripes against J.K. Rowling and her publishers due to copyright bullying and abuses, see: http://www.stallman.org/harry-potter.html" - Graham L. Wilson.
History
Unknown Dates
These events are listed in approximate order of occurrence, pre-dating traceable dates (pre 2006)
- EMachines computer purchased, running Windows 98, given network name "Education".
- Education renamed too "Griffindor".
- Griffindor's power supply dies, new power supply requires new case, Griffindor is transplanted to a new case.
- With the need for disk space increasing Griffindor receives a new motherboard, capable of handling larger hard drives.
- Griffindor's Hard drives are upgraded to two 40 GB drives.
- Griffindor's Motherboard dies, replacement requires a new case.
- Griffindor's main HDD is upgraded to an 80 GB drive.
Known Dates
- January 2006: Griffindor runs Fedora Core 4 alongside Windows XP (dual boot).
- Spring 2007: Griffindor runs Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux primarily.
- April 2007: Free Empires for GNU/Linux is first started on Griffindor.
- August 2007: Upgraded to Fedora 7 GNU/Linux, GNU/Linux now running full time.
- May 18, 2008: Upgraded to Fedora 9 GNU/Linux.
- December 2008: Upgraded to Fedora 10 GNU/Linux.
