06.01.06
Perty Ubuntu
Looks like the latest Ubuntu switched to the super pretty Mac OS X like interface. Almost enough to make me want to try Linux again. Let me just say that I do love Linux very much. But I’m not about to pretend that it is hassle free for the common user. The prettier X Windows gets the harder it is to install. I had a decent time with Suse and a few others. Unless you want a dual monitor setup, of course.
I love the comments too. You have the hard core Linux lovers saying how horribly difficult it is to get nVidia cards working with Windows XP. When it’s super easy with Linux. All you have to do is download the approprate kernel headers, run the right nVidia script (if you are using a mainstream enough distro otherwise there is much more compiling and configuring to be done), and then edit your X windows config. And if you want dual screen, plan on spending a lot of time in that config and bouncing between run levels. Hope your very familiar with the command line. I know my folks are rock solid with unix based commands. But man, that’s sooo much easier then Windows XP. To quote a comment: “Linux is far better at that and easier for the masses to adopt it.”. So true. All you need to install Linux is a very distro specific step by step guide.
Not that I love Windows XP. My hatred runs very deep. Hopefully I’ll be trying the happy meduim, Mac OS X, in the next month or so.