Slack 12.2 is out... time to recompile all of my extra software (package management? who needs package management when you have source code?!?)
And I recently discovered an ubuntu-derived distro I (sorta) like: crunchbang linux. Based on the openbox window manager, it is zippier than even xubuntu. If you like debian-type goodness, but want something a bit leaner (and less brown) than ubuntu, give crunchbang a whirl.
I think 2009 may be the year I try to avoid Windows outside of work. It probably won't be, since Windows handles video a lot more smoothly on my old hardware than Linux does, but, we'll see. It would be nice to stop being a hypocrite (I mean, pragmatist) and live out some ideals for a change...
I've got a bazillion documents in PDF that I need to read (who knew that there were so many free textbooks online?) Too bad my phone and pda screens are too small and my desktop too non-portable. A tablet PC would probably be perfect, but alas, too pricey. My clunky laptop will have to serve as my semi-portable PDF reader, unless any of you know of an ultra portable device for reading PDF files without needing new glasses (i.e. like the electron microscope my pda would require).
Hope all is well in your respective corners of Real Life. Two weeks until the Blessed Day (wait, shouldn't I start shopping some time soonish?)
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In response to your PDF reading yearning. Dude. iPhone. I've read SO many articles on it. I hate carrying around paper copies of articles, so it's pretty much turned into my PDF file manager/viewer. And for your aging eyes, you can zoom in to screen-sized letters if you like.
Mmmmm iPhone.
iPhone, huh? I've resisted joining the Apple Dumpling Gang for years. But I *am* in the market for a new phone anyway...
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