I had really gotten used to Linux being painless.  Thanks to Ubuntu, the last few times I've installed Linux on a PC, it was a piece of cake so putting Ubuntu on my Macbook was quite reminiscent of the good ol' days when Linux was a true blue PITA.  I had to do this by trial and error and a half-dozen failed installs.  I hope that if you take the ( Read more... )

Today I joined a community:
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I should x-post this all over the geek world but as with most things geek, it's hard to find anyone who cares.  People are either all "been there done that" or they're all "Why would I want to do that?".

I'm enthusiastic about this though because it's something I've needed and should have learned long ago.  I should be doing my Spanish homework, but ( Read more... )

Seriously. Which would you rather have. Which image captures the spirit of Ubuntu? Which captures the spirit of community? Which is downright cooler?

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'You're jealous of the mac guy.'

'Am not. You're nuts!'

'You are too. Just face it and live up to it, it will make everyone a lot less uncomfortable. You've been walking around here all day trying to act like him it's freaking us out. Look - you look a lot more like the PC guy than the Mac guy - you're chubby, you have bad hair, you have a ( Read more... )