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Journal Entry: Wed May 20, 2009, 8:07 PM

shit my birthday is in 3 days. i feel so fucking old. but also. it is nice to see i made it to 28, i honestly never thought i would live to be this old. i have almost died..too many times. but i am stubborn i guess. i am still here. heh.

i was looking at old files today. some made me sad. some made me happy. the sad ones were screenshots of old journals which had comments from old 'friends' i had. so fucked up how fake people are. i want to mention them here but i will restrain myself.

the ones that made me happy were the ones of nick and i from years ago. photos, emails, etc. i love that bastard. heh

we are going to install linux on this pc tomorrow. i am so sick of windows. it is too slow and bloated. ugh. i will still have it on my other PC because i need it for designing and graphics an shit but all my web and other stuff will be with this one.

anyone running linux? any programs you suggest?

okay i should go. i need to sleep. fuck it is too early. ugh. heh

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$spinegrinder May 20, 2009, 8:31:43 PM

I fail at Linux.

Either that or I'm just too lazy to learn a new OS.

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~reachthetop May 20, 2009, 8:40:51 PM

I would like to let you know that I still consider you a friend. I just havent had any time for online life at all and I guess in a way Ive kind of moved away from it too, focusing on where my life is headed, rather then caught in the moment for once.

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=zachriel May 20, 2009, 10:49:39 PM

Normally I'd suggest you stay with Windows XP because I've had both that and a few different linux for a while and my computer just really doesn't like linux.

But.

I recently installed Kubuntu 9.4 and it's amazing how much they've improved in two years. I'm guessing that Ubuntu 9.4 is just as good.

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(Kubuntu uses KDE which is made to look kinda like Windows)}}

You can download a Live CD from their websites, burn it to a CD, and then reboot your computer with the CD inserted and then test both of them before you decide. I don't know if you know of Live CDs already, but they "install" themselves into your RAM with all the things you test so that when you turn off the computer it's all completely gone again, and your normal installation is left intact. Unless you decide to press the real Install button, that's when you put it on the hd

Installing these things takes less than half an hour.

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~rainbowblight May 21, 2009, 2:16:29 AM

Linux is AWESOME. My new notebook laptop runs on Linux and I love it. Once you have it installed if you haven't tried it yet you should check out Gimp which is an open source image manipulation program that runs on windows and Linux and does most of the stuff that Photoshop does and a bunch of stuff that it doesn't! There are also open source vector programs that work similarly to Illustrator such as InsightPoint, Karbon and Skencil. For animation or 3D modelling there's the incredibly powerful Blender.

As far as what flavor of Linux to install, many people that are new to linux like Ubuntu.

As far as word processing I like Open Office. For instant messaging you can use Pidgin to connect to most of the popular messaging programs.

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~pixcalcis May 21, 2009, 7:59:05 AM

yay Linux. I use Ubuntu and have loved it. Alot of the programs that come with the install work quite well for my my needs. Ive never had a problem with open office with the exception of password protected powerpoint files. And GIMP the graphical design program that comes with it works well for me. If your computer is decent, Compiz, which doese desktop graphics and such ,is always fun to play around with especially if you get the advanced control panels and such.

Hopefully your install will go well. Sometimes those can be a pain. I've never had problems with my computer though. And then you can customize EVERYTHING!!

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!ProSI May 21, 2009, 10:39:16 AM

I have Xubuntu 8.10 [ubuntu for slower comps] on an old POS comp... 512mb ram and have little to no issue speed wise.

you can run PS on it, tho i don't know if it can properly run CS4. there is gimp, but i'm sure you want PS

there are some unattended versions of XP that run smooth too, if you wanna keep it familiar...

but definitely try the livecd first, before installing anything permanently.

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`dancewiththesky May 24, 2009, 12:58:05 AM

Happy upcoming birthday, Nadia

I have been using GNU/Linux for 8 years now (ehm, yes, I have a "computer geek" brain devision) It's much more stable, fun and secure. Ubuntu is a very reasonable choice if you're trying GNU/Linux for the first time and the guys behind it go to great pains to ensure a user-friendly experience. There's a nice article here about that.

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`bleedsopretty May 30, 2009, 11:16:47 AM

i put ubuntu on here . i love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i might try the xubuntu if it is faster. this PC is shitty but it runs fine with ubuntu eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh so i guess i will leave it lol. hm.

you can? you mean with a windows emulator? or?

`bleedsopretty May 30, 2009, 11:18:06 AM

i put ubuntu. i love it so much. i think everyone shoudl switch to it!!!!!!!!!!!!! so you are running ubuntu right now? do you have any cool themes ? i am looking for some cool ones! most are ugly . lol.

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