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martin_bishop

My Q3 2004 post

Sep 28, 2005 15:27

So I have this other site now. It's a "Blog," which means I'll probably never give it out to people I know -- I feel like blogs are great public forums for those who love attention, but generally, me and attention only get along marginally. That's where I'm putting the funny, this is where I put the insight and commentary. (I'm hesitant to soil ( Read more... )

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shadowedstar September 28 2005, 23:04:24 UTC

Good times.

Sense was made. And agreed with.

fiendangelical_ September 29 2005, 01:00:24 UTC

I miss you. I read a Chuck Klosterman article the other day and thought of you. It was about Michael Jackson being a "normal" guy who's just judged all the time. It was silly.

:)

findthegirl September 29 2005, 12:32:02 UTC

*shakes head*
all that, just to plug Serenity.
kidding.

how are ya? we haven't seen you (at least, I haven't) in a while.

Not really a PLUG, per se martin_bishop September 29 2005, 14:09:37 UTC

But it was definitely the nail in the coffin, point wise.

I'm decent. My job killed me last week. This week was a lot less bad, so hopefully I'll be awake for part of the weekend that I'm not busy.

on linux bostonbass03 September 29 2005, 19:16:28 UTC

Still not user friendly by any means, but it was originally created for fun, but a community sprung up around it. It's as old as windows, probably older, derived from an even older unix clone, minix.

But yes it is free, and for the average chump who basically uses the computer for internet and the like, it's more than sufficient. Only problem is getting your average device to work with it. Wireless support is still sketchy at best, mostly because device manufacturers are generally uninterested in writing their software (read compiling, it doesn't take that much more work) to work on linux.

VectorLinux is the choice for older computer systems. It's a stripped down slackware clone that really only includes the bare essentials. For the average joe wanting to check it out, I recommend Ubuntu.

Re: on linux bostonbass03 September 29 2005, 19:41:25 UTC

I tried Mandrake, but Vector is so fast with my old laptop... and yeah, compatibility can be an issue (trying to get some of the weirder wireless adaptors to work is hell.) But I loves it. So clean, so fundamental.

Re: on linux martin_bishop September 29 2005, 19:41:49 UTC

Woops! That was me.

Re: on linux bostonbass03 September 29 2005, 19:45:57 UTC

Can actually be whatever you want it to be. Like if montessori had an OS