Griffindor

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Griffindor running Fedora 9, using the GNOME Desktop Environment

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 9 Linux Operating System. Most 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).

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 hdds.
• Griffindor's HDDs 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

Griffindor running Fedora 7

• January 2006: Griffindor runs Fedora Core 4 alongside Windows XP (dual boot).
• Spring 2007: Griffindor runs Fedora Core 4 Linux primarily.
• April 2007: Free Empires for Linux is first started on Griffindor.
• August 2007: Upgraded to Fedora 7 Linux, Linux now running full time.
• May 18, 2008: Upgrade to Fedora 9 Linux.