Journal fatalfury's Journal: My First Foray into Linux 1
I just installed Ubuntu 6.10 tonight, and am actually posting to my blog from there. Eeep! o_o
I'm still getting used to everything. I've used Windows my whole life, 3.1, 95, 98, 98SE, ME, XP. I used a Mac OS for all of 15 minutes one day when I tried to check my email from a school lab a few years ago. So, Linux is...different. I'm actually quite surprised that I've been able to do everything I've wanted to do so far. I always thought everyone stayed away from Linux because it wasn't compatible with so many things. So far for me, at least, I've chatted through GAIM, typed up a letter, browsed Myspace, ripped a CD, burned a CD, installed some Firefox extensions, played BlackJack... A pretty solid experience thus far.
Now, I'm not a true convert (yet), as I'm dual-booting WinXP, of course. I can't quite cut the cord just yet. I use some applications that are Windows-only, such as Adobe Pagemaker and Microsoft Publisher. I also need to find a compatible newsreader that can handle .nzb files. (Suggestions?)
Overall though, I am really impressed. I can understand why people switch; the default GUI in Ubuntu is so very soothing.
http://img83.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshotuk2.png
I'm still getting used to everything. I've used Windows my whole life, 3.1, 95, 98, 98SE, ME, XP. I used a Mac OS for all of 15 minutes one day when I tried to check my email from a school lab a few years ago. So, Linux is...different. I'm actually quite surprised that I've been able to do everything I've wanted to do so far. I always thought everyone stayed away from Linux because it wasn't compatible with so many things. So far for me, at least, I've chatted through GAIM, typed up a letter, browsed Myspace, ripped a CD, burned a CD, installed some Firefox extensions, played BlackJack... A pretty solid experience thus far.
Now, I'm not a true convert (yet), as I'm dual-booting WinXP, of course. I can't quite cut the cord just yet. I use some applications that are Windows-only, such as Adobe Pagemaker and Microsoft Publisher. I also need to find a compatible newsreader that can handle
Overall though, I am really impressed. I can understand why people switch; the default GUI in Ubuntu is so very soothing.
http://img83.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshotuk2.png
Saw this on the Firehose (Score:2)
KDE (which is the difference between Ubuntu and Kubuntu) is the desktop interface that rivals Ubuntu's gnome interface. It is much more similar to Windows. It even has what is essentially a start menu, in fact, it reminds me of the pre-WinXP start menus enormously, but better sorted.
Just a tip