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[pozorvlak]

My girlfriend's computer is currently more 1337 than mine. This state of affairs cannot be allowed to continue.

Edit (2152hrs): Fixed. My computer is now 1337 again. Or as 1337 as I need it to be, anyway. Now, to install lots of obscure programming languages!

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[johnckirk.livejournal.com]

There is of course more than one way to solve that problem. ("Where did the rest of my RAM go?" "Moths?")

[pozorvlak.livejournal.com]

:-)

Fortunately, I decided to take the other route :-)

[pozorvlak.livejournal.com]

You know the story about where the term "bug" comes from, right? Grace Hopper finding a moth lurking in the Harvard Mark 1 and causing things to break unpredictably?

[half-of-monty.livejournal.com]

Ha, I be linux-distribution trend-setter!

[pozorvlak.livejournal.com]

Well, you were ahead of me on the trend, anyway :-) Actually, at least four groups of my friends have independently started using Ubuntu recently.

[rossblog.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm using it because *you* told me to.

[pozorvlak.livejournal.com]

Eeeexcellent... How's it working out for you?

[rossblog.livejournal.com]

It was working great till my laptop got smashed. Now awaiting delivery of a freshly-baked PC with Kubuntu installed as OS of choice - I've switched Gnome for KDE mainly out of curiosity, mind, Ubuntu was nice and easy to use.

Two possibilities:

1. Ubuntu makes laptops get smashed.
2. Ubuntu is used by people who don't look after their laptops properly.

Either way I'm proud to be aboard. Any OS that includes a video of Nelson Mandela on the disc, explaining what the name means, gets my vote every time. :-)

[pozorvlak.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear it. Who did you order the new PC from? I've been thinking of getting a new laptop soon while I still qualify for educational discount, and it would be good to support a company that does Linux preinstalls.

[rossblog.livejournal.com]

I ordered it from XePhi (www.xephi.co.uk). Wasn't too sure about the pricing as it's been a long time since I built anything. I just went for the package desktop. They do seem to have a decent little range of laptops but again I've little idea of what counts as decent these days.

Best bit was that my order got delayed so I'm getting a DVD-ReWriter instead of a reader, to avoid further delay. Assuming it all actually arrives it seems quite a good deal.

[neoanjou.livejournal.com]

I got a Mac because I couldn't find anyone who did Linux pre-installs.

Its actually a really good computer - you get the prettiness of Macs along with the ability to simultaneously run essentially any console application, and most X windows.

[pozorvlak.livejournal.com]

In fact, wormwood_pearl first downloaded Ubuntu last July (http://wormwood-pearl.livejournal.com/44768.html) :-)

[half-of-monty.livejournal.com]

Yes, Duncan put it on our laptop at the same time (you don't actually think I found it independently of Duncan, do you?).

[totherme.livejournal.com]

sudo aptitude install beryl-manager

...for all your 1337-desktop needs ;)

[pozorvlak.livejournal.com]

Maybe when I get bored with metacity ;) But currently it's fine.