Adventure!
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gracedpalmerIt'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!
In other news, rats are holding stable, though one needs to go to the vet today or tomorrow for a tooth trim, and I've much work to do before GenCon, so I'm doing a lot of metaphorical running about and waving my arms in the air.
We've not got access to the kitchen for three days before I leave for the con, as the floor is being redone, spoiling my plan of doing a lot of baking so I'd have supplies for the con (restaurants in the area being expensive and meat heavy). However, I'd managed to set up a mini-kitchen in my room, and I made a tasty coffee-cake-thing for breakfast and snacks the next couple of days. It's like practice for the efficiency in October.
Coffee Cake Thing
(This started out as a coffee cake from my cookbook, but following the recipe yielded dough, not batter. Changes were required)
2 C Flour
2.5 Tsp Baking Powder
Pinch Salt
1 Stick Butter
3/4 Sugar
1/2 Cup Milk
1 Cup Sour Cream
2 Cups Blueberries
Heat the oven to 350, and grease a pie pan, square casserole, 8" iron skillet, etc. Cream the butter and sugar, then add the egg, milk, and sour cream. Mix the flour, salt, and baking powder together, then add to wet ingredients. The result will be the consistency of a thin drop cookie dough, or of crop biscuits. Pour berries on top. Spoon into greased pan, bake until middle is solid.
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, rats are holding stable, though one needs to go to the vet today or tomorrow for a tooth trim, and I've much work to do before GenCon, so I'm doing a lot of metaphorical running about and waving my arms in the air.
We've not got access to the kitchen for three days before I leave for the con, as the floor is being redone, spoiling my plan of doing a lot of baking so I'd have supplies for the con (restaurants in the area being expensive and meat heavy). However, I'd managed to set up a mini-kitchen in my room, and I made a tasty coffee-cake-thing for breakfast and snacks the next couple of days. It's like practice for the efficiency in October.
Coffee Cake Thing
(This started out as a coffee cake from my cookbook, but following the recipe yielded dough, not batter. Changes were required)
2 C Flour
2.5 Tsp Baking Powder
Pinch Salt
1 Stick Butter
3/4 Sugar
1/2 Cup Milk
1 Cup Sour Cream
2 Cups Blueberries
Heat the oven to 350, and grease a pie pan, square casserole, 8" iron skillet, etc. Cream the butter and sugar, then add the egg, milk, and sour cream. Mix the flour, salt, and baking powder together, then add to wet ingredients. The result will be the consistency of a thin drop cookie dough, or of crop biscuits. Pour berries on top. Spoon into greased pan, bake until middle is solid.
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Date: 2008-08-12 03:16 am (UTC)Haven't used Ubuntu, but Suse was pretty good when I was using 2-3 years ago. And I would never be without a Knoppix disk, even now when I'm mostly using Windows again.