Ubuntu – Joining the wonderful world of Linux

Well, there comes a time in every nerds life when he (or she) must make a decision. Whether they will stick with the evil Micro$oft empire, become a pretty little (cashed up) Mac person or join the hard-core nerd community and go with a Linux distro. And I’ve been wanting to leave the dark days of Windows for quite a while, but until now I’ve had too many reasons to stick with my Blue Screen of Death generator.

But things are changing. My work laptop, which is the machine I (ironically) use mostly when I’m not at work, now runs Ubuntu Linux. I only ran the install yesterday (freakishly easy install) but already I’m liking this thing. I had been playing around with an Ubuntu install on a VMWare virtual machine, but now I’m fully immersed. There are some cool things already, like having such a wealth of applications available for immediate install, and getting updated automatically. All very cool.

So stay tuned, I’m pretty sure the adventures of Geoff on Ubuntu will become a semi-regular feature here. If you’re wanting to follow along at home – you can download the CD image from the Ubuntu main site. It’s free. And in the wonderful world of Linux, free is a word you start to hear a lot of.

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7 Comments

  1. christina
    Posted 30 August, 2006 10:45 am at 10:45 am | Permalink

    Aaah Geoff, you have finally seen the light. I thoroughly recommend Kubuntu also (slightly easier GUI) and easier hardware detection/configuration. Once you start there is no going back. No viruses, trojans, etc, and 6 monthly upgrades… It can be a big time waster though. :-)

  2. Tim
    Posted 30 August, 2006 1:44 pm at 1:44 pm | Permalink

    I guess it will keep you going until you can get a Mac…

  3. scott
    Posted 30 August, 2006 6:22 pm at 6:22 pm | Permalink

    Welcome onboard geoff!

  4. scott
    Posted 30 August, 2006 6:23 pm at 6:23 pm | Permalink

    I should add, It should be easier to track you.

  5. Sam
    Posted 30 August, 2006 8:19 pm at 8:19 pm | Permalink

    linux has a penguin called tux…

    and thats about all this nerdishly deprived girl knows…

  6. Rick
    Posted 31 August, 2006 2:26 am at 2:26 am | Permalink

    Geoff – sounds cool but I am not a geek. However I am “cashed up” so I went the way of the Mac – very happy there.

  7. Christina
    Posted 31 August, 2006 8:34 am at 8:34 am | Permalink

    Yes Geoff, as Scott said, we can now be a bit clearer on your visits to us – not too many Ubuntu users out there who are interested in Aitken ramblings…