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24/1/10 16:13I'm coming to you now from Ubuntu 9.10.
Some convergence of means, motive, and opportunity has finally made me ready to--well, not murder, but at least kidnap and subdue, Windows.
My main motive is Vista. What a pile of poo, and $100 to "upgrade" to Windows 7? Yeah, no.
Secondary motive: most of what I like and need to do with my computer--notably cloud computing via Google's Tentacular and All-Seeing Omnipresence--is finally available in some Linux flavor. I'm writing this post in Chrome for Linux.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
luzula tells me there's Audacity for Linux too--I'm installing it right now.
The opportunity: cold, rainy Sunday afternoon.
So here I am at last, subverting the dominant paradigm the way I've wanted to do for YEARS but have never quite had the MMO for. I'm dual-booting for now, but I have no real expectation of going back to Windows, and I imagine I'll soon do a clean and complete install.
So far Ubuntu seems fast, straightforward, lean and fully functional. There's nothing real strange here. It found my wireless network. I can hear sounds. Youtube videos play. There's a photo editor. Bluetooth driver works. It can sync with my phone. It does most of what I need.
I have a feeling that this is going to work out just fine.
Some convergence of means, motive, and opportunity has finally made me ready to--well, not murder, but at least kidnap and subdue, Windows.
My main motive is Vista. What a pile of poo, and $100 to "upgrade" to Windows 7? Yeah, no.
Secondary motive: most of what I like and need to do with my computer--notably cloud computing via Google's Tentacular and All-Seeing Omnipresence--is finally available in some Linux flavor. I'm writing this post in Chrome for Linux.
luzula tells me there's Audacity for Linux too--I'm installing it right now.The opportunity: cold, rainy Sunday afternoon.
So here I am at last, subverting the dominant paradigm the way I've wanted to do for YEARS but have never quite had the MMO for. I'm dual-booting for now, but I have no real expectation of going back to Windows, and I imagine I'll soon do a clean and complete install.
So far Ubuntu seems fast, straightforward, lean and fully functional. There's nothing real strange here. It found my wireless network. I can hear sounds. Youtube videos play. There's a photo editor. Bluetooth driver works. It can sync with my phone. It does most of what I need.
I have a feeling that this is going to work out just fine.