Winter’s Haven

My recent lack of blog activity owes partly to school, and partly to the fact the my laptop finally died (it had been on its last legs for a while). I replaced it with a desktop box from Dell; desktops are a lot cheaper, especially in light of the comparatively short life expectancy of laptops. I considered buying parts and building a desktop myself, but doing so is no cheaper and a lot more hassle.

The box actually came with Ubuntu Linux installed, but to get things set up to my satisfaction I had to do a fresh install anyway. I’m presently running Kubuntu (i.e. Ubuntu with KDE, not Gnome). I’ve got the recently released version 7.10, “Gutsy Gibbon”. Works beautifully. In particular, Kubuntu supports all my hardware flawlessly with only a very tiny amount of work on my part. Linux has come a long way since I first used it.

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