Geeking out, just a little bit
I installed ubuntu on the laptop last weekend. The ease of installation was happy-making. Gnome has come a long way since I was last bothered to check it out - another point! And you can use enlightenment or fluxbox, 3 points to ubuntu!
But lastly, the reason I’m staying and converting from my winxp install is this: you can do any fucking thing you like.
Yo! Fucking good choice there!
I recently got Debian Etch going, thankfully I’ve moved away from Ubuntu. No disrespect to it, great distro, but I like having my root account and a few other perks. Had I not got Debian going, I would’ve stayed with Ubuntu for sure.
Which Ubuntu did you install? Dapper or Edgy?
So I’m guessing you’ve got Linux under your belt along with Drupal?
Comment by aketus — November 17, 2006 @ 9:46 am
I’d hardly say that its “under my belt”, but I’ve messed around with linux at various times in the past. Usually, I give up, though because dual-booting sucks, or I lose my hdd, or I just get fed up with the inability to work with the rest of the world in linux.
I also do tech support in a windoze environment for work, so it ends up being a pain having to make an effort to use windows so I can remember how to do it.
Though I’m impressed with how simple an install of edgy is. I don’t really feel like I’m giving up my safety net by installing it. Its been a week, and I haven’t even thought about booting windows. As I once said to a friend, “I have a lover, all I need is an OS that WORKS”. And that’s what I feel ubuntu is
My last success was with Debian Woody (a name I always felt a little uncomforable with). Then one night, lonley and drinking $12 port, I decided to fuck around with dselect. Can you imagine the face I pulled as I watched every single package uninstall itself while I sat helpless? Needless to say, it was a setback.
Comment by Anna Aniston — November 17, 2006 @ 12:54 pm
Reminds me of the consequences of sudo rm -r /
:)
I agree, Ubuntu has done a lot for the Linux community in finally producing a distro that ‘just works’. The support base is huge.
Good luck! And post on aptgetanarchy your findings
heehee
Comment by aketus — November 18, 2006 @ 12:58 am
viva la linux
i switched (from a mac) about 3 years ago.
guess switching from unix based os x eased the path, but fuck linux rocks… the amount of kick ass shit you can just sudo apt-get install whatever is truly amazing, i dont think ive even scraped the surface of goodness yet.
having to work i a windowz environment is an absolute pain compared to the flexibility of linux, hunting down drivers and upgrades really hurts and takes ages, then when things go wrong getting it fixed usually involves a clean install (no apt-get purge)
if you havent checked it out make sure you try out amarok (music player) and quanta (web dev), and getautomatix.com to get all ya windows codecs in just a few clicks.
Comment by fungi — November 18, 2006 @ 2:39 am
Oh Automatix is the sheeeeeeeet. Terrific idea. Works wonders.
I never liked amaroK, Rhythmbox and Listen do it for me
Comment by aketus — November 18, 2006 @ 7:06 am
I started using audacious, as xmms got deprecated on Gentoo. I must say I avoid fat in programs. That’s a habit I kept from owning a 20G HD Thinkpad. So I stay clear from KDE and Gnome if possible.
Comment by Mr.Rocks — November 18, 2006 @ 12:29 pm
My current joy seems to be in installing heaps of pacakages and then getting rid of them if they don’t work exactly like I want them to. Its a bit like playing in a lolly shop.
After sshfs crashed my machine on the weekend, taking gnome with it, I’m working to configure fluxbox. It feels a bit like I’m on my third date
Comment by Anna Aniston — November 19, 2006 @ 11:42 pm