Geekishly gloating

[mdlbear]

There are actually three things I can burble about right now. The main one is that my coworker presented a paper this week on the project that our group has been working on. So there are things I can talk about! (And some that I still can't.) I can at least point to the abstract, which is here though you probably have to be

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[thnidu]

The Dell came already defenestrated, with Ubuntu 8.04LTS installed.

Ha! Gonna send that to a professional wordies list!

[mdlbear]

I'm surprised you hadn't heard that usage already; it's pretty standard in Linux circles.

[thnidu]

So I found when I googled it. I'm not a Linux user.... yet.

[mdlbear]

That's fixable.

[shadowe_wraithe]

And if you use Ubuntu, it is actually not too bad to learn...this coming from a Windoze hating, but must have to use certain programs person, who wished that all her favourite proggies ran on WINE...*Whimpers Sighs Snarls Sighs*

I had to use Ubuntu for a while due to hardware issues, and it really wasn't difficult, once you understand, and realize how to do things in it. :D

[mdlbear]

Debian's better if you're an old Unix geek like me. (Though if you're still using SunOS or something else BSDish you'd probably like Slackware.)