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Happy With My New Linux Desktop

I have to say I am quite happy with my new Linux desktop. I have most of it set up now. Just can’t seem to get the printer to work…there’s always something. I’m playing around with Linux’s freeware music composition tools and seeing how far I can get setting up a virtual music studio in this manner.

The KDE4 desktop has settled down and appears to be working fine except for a few minor quirks. (And where can I edit my menu items?) So a big thumbs up for Kubuntu.

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Windows/Linux Dual Boot Installation Nightmare…and Reprieve

In spite of concerns over Novell’s patent deal with Microsoft, I still wanted to give Novell’s openSUSE Linux a try. I wanted to put Linux on my desktop, as part of my “weaning myself off of Microsoft” plan, and I had this idea that a corporate-backed open source distribution might be “safer” for my system. Boy, was I wrong about that. (more…)

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