06.09.06
Linux A No Go
With all these recent news of pretty Xgl in Linux I decided to give Suse and Ubuntu a try on my workstation. Doesn’t run Windows all that hot and I usually prefer Linux at work. Lots of downloading all for naught. Neither Ubuntu or Suse detect either of my graphic cards. I have the usual generic onboard Intel 82865G and an ATI Radeon. I guess those are some very “rare” cards? Who’s ever heard of “Radeon” anyway, right? Makes me scoff even harder at the Linux fanboys that say it is easier and more user friendly then Windows. Windows doesn’t detect your graphics card any better, but it doesn’t spit you to a command prompt either.
On a happier note, my MacBook should arrive mid next week. From what I’ve seen of the Mac Mini here at the office, I think Mac OS will be the happy medium between Windows and Linux. Looking forward to it.
If I wasn’t about to receive such spendor, I would spend the day trying to get Linux working on my station. I’m not exactly a Linux n00b. Perfectly capable of resolving this, I just think it it unecessary and don’t particularly enjoy spending hours just trying to get a basic X manager to load. But, as frustrated as I get with Linux, once you spend all the pain and suffering to get it working, it does work much better then Windows in this environment. I would much rather be in Linux then Windows while developing.