Casey's going Linux!!

Oct 17, 2006 17:12

I'm going to buy a giant hard drive now!

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boyplankton October 18 2006, 02:51:41 UTC
Sweet!

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gl_casey October 18 2006, 17:16:37 UTC
So far, I have it dual booting from a drive with WinXP and a drive with ubuntu. I've also configured my dual monitor system to work properly with X. I'm going to document how I did it because the lack of documentation/misleading information/ambiguous instructions on this issue is substantial. The next thing to do is to replicate all of the functions of my old OS to make sure I can do all of the work-type stuff I attempt to pull off. :)

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boyplankton October 18 2006, 17:27:34 UTC
What functions are you trying to replicate? In Linux you have quite a few more options regarding how you do some of that stuff.

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gl_casey October 18 2006, 22:07:33 UTC
Mostly it's just a matter of making sure I know where to find things and get the preferences set the way I want.

I use a lot of open-source stuff anyway but I'm working on getting GIMP to work the way I want it to. I haven't looked too deep into the community that makes add-ons or whatever yet but I think I'll be able to get it to do what I need. It has a few little features that I really appreciate but it's not at all comfy just yet.

I'll be posting some screen captures of my new Barbarella wallpaper later on. I decided to stop naming my computers after LucasFilm entities. I've grown up and now I'm naming them after Science Fiction hotties. ;)

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