The Penguin from Hell

Finally got it working

After much downloading and a lot of pain, I've finally got Linux up and running, and connected to the internets, which was no easy feat. Forget about switching over to Linux unless you're prepared to learn entirely too much about how your computer works and willing to invest a fair bit of time getting it going. However if you do, it's not half bad, purty looking, reasonably usable.

My main complaint is the difficulty in finding help. I'm not averse to learning the things i need to but information seems to be hoarded in the Linux community, you have to do a fair bit of googling if you want to find out about something. Other than that, it's great. the distribution I picked, Ubuntu (it's not an ancient "African" word by the way. what is it with white people and an inability to differentiate when talking about Africa, a continent of 800 million people with over 800 languages in 53 nations? Be specific, it's a big place) Anyway Ubuntu is a word in Zulu and Xhosa which translates roughly as an idea of community spirit and mindedness, specifically thinking of the benefit of others. It's an 'ancient' word in the same way that 'hello' is an ancient English greeting. It's a pretty good distribution though.