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one month without Windows!
Jul. 4th, 2010 02:34 amOne month ago, I got Jeff to install Kubuntu 10.04 LTS for me. I haven't booted to Windows since!
This is definitely the longest I've been away from Windows, and I really don't miss it that much. Of course, there are skills that don't transfer easily between OS's and little programs that will take some work to find replacements for (e.g. FormatFactory, WinSplit Revolution) or learn how to use (e.g. KolourPaint).
But I am very happy.
Technical notes:
* the tablet is working. But in a dual monitor setup, the pen writes like one of those mechanical things that amplifies whatever you draw (name?), pointing in the proportional place rather than where you point.
* apparently I can only use 'sshfs' as root (because directories inside /mnt aren't accessible to normal users), which is annoying.
* accents still only work in GTK apps, and half the time Emacs seems to not be using GTK; There is an occasional bug in Firefox/GMail in which accented key combinations are ignored.
This is definitely the longest I've been away from Windows, and I really don't miss it that much. Of course, there are skills that don't transfer easily between OS's and little programs that will take some work to find replacements for (e.g. FormatFactory, WinSplit Revolution) or learn how to use (e.g. KolourPaint).
But I am very happy.
Technical notes:
* the tablet is working. But in a dual monitor setup, the pen writes like one of those mechanical things that amplifies whatever you draw (name?), pointing in the proportional place rather than where you point.
* apparently I can only use 'sshfs' as root (because directories inside /mnt aren't accessible to normal users), which is annoying.
* accents still only work in GTK apps, and half the time Emacs seems to not be using GTK; There is an occasional bug in Firefox/GMail in which accented key combinations are ignored.