I’m writing this post using my newly installed Ubuntu Linux operating system! I finally took the plunge, no more dual-boot hanging-onto-Windows-just-in-case, it’s 100% Linux for me now.
I had a brief run-in with Ubuntu when it first came out, I set my laptop up to dual-boot with the 5.4 version but somewhere in the manual partitioning I messed something up so it wasn’t very stable and would randomly shut down. I also couldn’t figure out how to install new programs and a bunch of my peripherals weren’t being supported (the USB ports weren’t recognized) which left me with little I was able to do.
Now I’ve got Ubuntu 5.10 installed, all of my peripherals are working wonderfully (wireless mouse, CD-RW, and digital camera) with zero configuration on my part, and I haven’t touched a single command line prompt.
So far, I’m impressed. And glad to be free from the shackles of Microsoft once and for all. At least until I go to work on Monday.
Ellen just checked her email for the first time on the new OS and wrote me a nice email that explains how she feels about this exciting OS conversion “hello linux…i’m ellen and i have no idea what you are.”
Yeah, well, I’m still very excited about it. :-) Now my next goal is to get it looking the way I want it, specifically some new Firefox chrome and I need to pretty-up the desktop. What a fun way to spend a Sunday!
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