More Ubuntu

It might have been the above average snow fall we were experiencing or perhaps I could blame it on the never ending political race for the White House that pushed me too far. In which case I should not be held blameless for my recent activities concerning Ubuntu. But the truth has more to do with the lure of open source software and the fact that I had good results on installing Ubuntu Studio on a desktop that caused me to install it along with Windows XP on an HP laptop. It was my first attempt at dual booting XP and Linux so it took a bit longer than it should of to get everything in order. After an hour or two I was ready and it booted into XP just fine but it would lock up going into Linux. After a quick search I found dozens of users having the same trouble with Ubuntu's Gusty kernel and HP laptops.

In the end I deleted the Linux partition and got on with my life and even though I am still interested in Linux, XP has just worked on everything I have installed it on. There are other flavors of Linux and maybe when I have more time I can try them out as well.

What would Jesus download?

While I was searching for Bible study software for Linux I came across this site. I did what anyone would do, I downloaded the .iso file for Ubuntu CE and took it for a spin. By the way CE stands for Christian Edition. It is an interesting idea and took a bit of work. It does have several Christian specific programs that could be useful, but while I liked the idea I would rather start with Ubuntu Studio and add study software as I went. It did open my eyes to the possibility of using a Linux OS for my main laptop.

I guess I will find out soon enough.

A New Year

Well it is a new year and all. I hope you all had a great Christmas and an awesome New Year. Something tells me the gyms are full of people and the bloggers are blogging again. I am anyway.

I snowed most of the day so there will be no school tomorrow! Work doesn't have snow days. :-(