Admitted Linux Geek

Warning:  Shameless geekery ahead

It was almost exactly a year ago that I was introduced to Ubuntu.  I was running Vista at the time, which I did not find to be as horrendous as everyone was making it out to be.  Until it crashed.  First my internet went out.  Then nothing worked.  It barely worked it safe mode.  Headache after headache after headache.  Stephen got me to try Ubuntu.  I found it to be fantastic.  Sure, it requires some jury-rigging.  Getting the wireless to work, installing mp3 support…  It took a while to get it where I wanted it.

And now it’s perfect.  And I can troubleshoot almost anything.  I convinced my mom to install Ubuntu on her laptop, and she really likes it.  It’s fast, secure, and my brother can’t kill it by installing games on it.  (No way I’m letting him in on the VirtualBox secret).

I mention this because I spent the last two hours doing linux-related activities.  The first half hour was fixing a problem on my mom’s computer.  The next was browsing the Ubuntu forums.  And the next hour was researching different linux distributions.  Am I a geek for wanting to try something more powerful?  Answer: yes, but geekiness is good.

I’m probably going to try some Debian in VirtualBox and see what I think.  Ubuntu is Debian-based, so it shouldn’t really be a problem.  Also, I do believe that it is the OS that the guy who writes XKCD uses.  I’m not sure, though.  I just seemed to get that feeling from this comic:  http://xkcd.com/456/

I apologize to those who have no idea what the hell I’m discussing.

My front diary page is super-outdated.  I’m going to fix it soon; it’ll be a project.  Also– maybe new diary title and background theme?  I really want this to express who I am now, rather than who I was two years ago.

Bronson invited me to go skiing with him and Alex (his best friend) tomorrow.  I would absolutely love free skiing, however, there are three things keeping me from it:
     1) Bryan cannot come due to his bad back; while I actually don’t have a problem with this one, it is a factor.  I like spending time with Bryan.  Also–  I’d probably be skiing with Bronson more than Bryan anyway, because I’m a much better skier than Bryan.  So this could actually be a good thing…  I dunno.  We’ll call it a neutral minus.
     2) Dorms move-in day is tomorrow.  I don’t want to ski and move in on the same day.  So I either poop-ed-ly move in to my room, or wait until Saturday to move in.  Blah.
     3) The main factor: I have bronchitis.  I would probably ski, even with the other two considerations, but this fucker is the clincher.  I should not a) be exerting myself or b) be outside in cold weather for extended periods of time.  Skiing is very much both.  Boo.

I don’t have much else to say.

Goodnight everyone!

EDIT:  I am not, in fact, so good at going to bed at any hint of a resonable hour.  So, instead, I have a new diary scheme for your viewing pleasures.  Ivy vines instead of dragonflies.  I don’t know if anyone still reads this, but I have to know:  Do you think the ivy vines are a bit too busy?  Should I delegate them to the menu bar, rather than the main page?