linux...grrrrrr

so, in an earlier blog, i wrote about how wonderful that linux is; mind you, i still think it will be cool when i get it to work.

my friend justin and i tried to install studio and it kept having issues installing, so i downloaded the version of Ubuntu (feisty fawn) and put it on a disk so that i could install it on my computer.

i am a pack-rat. i hate throwing anything away, but more than that, i hate to have anything erased, so i took some time and i isolated the D drive that was empty away from my windows-laden C drive. i had the computer arranged so that it was just D drive and my CD reader. i installed Ubuntu on that drive and plugged everything back in.

somehow, along the way, i corrupted my windows drive and when justin and i tried to get everything sorted out on sunday, it took 6 hours to get back to the beginning and only have Ubu on the disk. i have to boot from the CD to have an OS. the cool thing is that i am learning what all of these things do, but it's a frustrating learning curve.

this is all very dry, i know.

there's this great moment in the great muppet caper when diana rigg starts getting lost in a monologue about her brother, ms. piggy stops her and asks "umm, excuse me, but why are you telling me this?".

she simply turns and without missing a beat says "it's exposition, it has to go somewhere."

so, now i wait. i'm waiting until my next day off (thursday) to install windows (vista this time) and the very latest version of ubu (i think it's call gutsy gizelle or gamey gnome or something like that-i would like a more graphic name like gelded gnu or something more interesting)

so, now i have to get them so that they can boot to either drive.

i read a really interesting article that mentioned that Ubuntu seems to be the winning dialect of linux. because of it's user-friendly GUI, it should start working it's way into the greater market as an OS. i still think that linux is quite some ways away from that yet. based on my experiences, i am learning that it is not as simple as it seems. granted, most people just have their pet computer geek help them w/ installing an OS, but this system has proved to be intreresting. of course, all of that having been said, one should take into account that my computer is kind of a heap and there might be something to that.

linux ubu releases a new version every 6 months and they go through the alphabet and use the same letter for the adjective and the noun (it's very cute). my suggestion for the next release

is HELLFIRE HARLOT