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Adventure!
Aug. 11th, 2008 10:58 amIt's complicated, but the short of it is that, due to some foolishness on my part, and a general conspiracy of the universe to prevent me from re-installing Windows, I've been dropped headfirst into fulltime Linux use (Ubuntu). Once the wireless connection was properly configured, it has thankfully been smooth sailing, however.
Most of my existing programs were already available, since I'm poor and cheap. :) However, using the GIMP is going to take some mental rewiring. It seems to do most of the things I expect out of Photoshop. However, getting there is an adventure in menus and keystrokes.
On the plus side, I've been able to get the tablet up and running with no problems at all, and even a minor adventure where YouTube made no noise has been fixed. Last time I tried Linux was 2000, with RedHat 6.1. Things have improved!
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Most of my existing programs were already available, since I'm poor and cheap. :) However, using the GIMP is going to take some mental rewiring. It seems to do most of the things I expect out of Photoshop. However, getting there is an adventure in menus and keystrokes.
On the plus side, I've been able to get the tablet up and running with no problems at all, and even a minor adventure where YouTube made no noise has been fixed. Last time I tried Linux was 2000, with RedHat 6.1. Things have improved!
In other news, ( Read more... )
