I decided to have a little computer adventure tonight, and try out linux.<\/p>\n
Remember the laptop with the missing tab key? I don’t really care that much about it, so, after a few minutes of talking with Sam [a R:1 chatter], I decided to go for it. It was kinda weird, at first — downloading a perfectly legal .iso from a website and all that, but now I’m not entirely sure what the big deal is. It’s just an operating system. It’s not quite as user-friendly and happy-happy-plug-and-play as Windows [which means it’s going to take some work getting my USB wireless adapter to work], but it’s…nothing, really.<\/p>\n Maybe I’m just not impressed by the oh-so-amazing l337ness of it all because I’m using Ubuntu, and it’s slightly easier than certain other versions? I’m not exactly looking at something that makes DOS look easy, here….<\/p>\n Maybe that’s it. I’m not intimidated because I remember using DOS.<\/p>\n I’m actually posting this from the laptop, through Firefox. The Ubuntu CD installed it automatically, I guess. I’m not impressed by Firefox, either. I’ll use it, but I prefer Opera.<\/p>\n Don’t worry. I have no plans to suddenly turn into some raving Open Source preacher. I happen to be cool with Windows. I mostly just wanted to see if this would make my laptop a little more stable.<\/p>\n So far? It has.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I decided to have a little computer adventure tonight, and try out linux. Remember the laptop with the missing tab key? I don’t really care that much about it, so, after a few minutes of talking with Sam [a R:1 … Continue reading
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\nI went to http:\/\/www.ubuntu.com\/<\/a> and, after a bit of reading, I downloaded the basic version.<\/p>\n