Linux Day 1
So, I've had an interesting day. Not so much in what happened today, as in what today's kind of been like. Right now, I am currently typing this up on a copy of kWord on my Linux Development Machine. So far, the move to Linux has been interesting.
So why am I currently using my Linux box instead of my Windows machine? Simple, my other Linux computer is currently refusing to acknoledge the second processor. I have tried to recompile the kernal a crap-ton of times and it just doesn't work. So I'm going to reformat it and run Windows Advanced Server 2003 on it. Unfortunatly, I have to backup the 100+ gigs of data on the drives. This is where my Windows machine comes in. I've decided to make use of the school's backup system, but the client runs on Windows. So untill I upload all of the data to the backup server, I can't use my Windows Box. Well, it's not that I can't use the machine, it's that I don't want to possibly disturb the computer and cause it to crash. That's where my Linux Box comes in.
Since I happen to have this Linux computer set up to run as a workstation for development, I have decided that I will make this my primary computer till my other computer is no longer needed for doing backups. It's definitely an interesting experience. So far, I've gone through a few various editors, desktop environments, switched mail clients and installed the Java SDK multiple times. Right now, I still look at this as more of a toy. Kind of a fun thing I'm doing because I can. I will say that I am impressed by how far Linux (Mandrake to be specific) has come. I remember when I first installed Redhat version 5 and thinking how primitive it was. It has definitely come a long way, mostly in part because of the OSS community. That being said, I'm not sure how I feel about Linux as a day to day machine. As my friend Justin put it, I still can't see using Unix as a daily machine; which I find interesting because he's a pretty devout Linux pusher (at least in terms of servers). So here's to where this takes me.
So yeah, it's late, again. I'm going to bed. I need to get up early to help out stack with something tomorrow. Yup, gonna be fun. Well, that and the Greenwitch Villiage Halloween Parade. Should be sweet.
