Well, the truth is that I’ve been using Ubuntu Breezy on my new x86 PC for most of the time. I bought a video digitiser that only works on Windows (boo!) and an LG DVD burner that works on Linux.
Funny story about that: When I plugged it in, the computer took a long time to boot at certain disk-related parts. When I tried to mount the drive, it also took a long time before failing. So I turned on DMA. Funnily enough though, I accidentally turned on DMA on my existing CD-RW drive, and that fixed the problem! (turning on DMA on the DVD burner later actually made the startup slow again, though not as slow as before).
My Dad has been using the computer most of the time to digitise his friends’ videotapes, so I’ve sometimes been relegated to the iMac. I installed Enlightenment (E16) from repositories, and the Star Trek theme, so now it’s pretty cool!
I also tried installing the latest Xfce on my new computer, but I accidentally downloaded the installer for the old version. But still, it’s a pretty cool installer! It actually compiles the software in a user-friendly fashion. So now my computer is littered with Xfce stuff. My "Open as Root" Nautilus script now opens Thunar instead (because I compiled Thunar). Not what I really wanted, but still it’s quite good.
Am I getting better at compiling software? Probably! I failed to compile Enlightenment on the iMac, and I failed to compile Mono on the PC (yeah I know, they’re both in repositories) but I did manage to compile libexo and Thunar, and just now I’ve compiled Xmoto (which looks like a very promising Elastomania clone). I also compiled a small OpenGL program, Sable.
Oh, that reminds me: I found out that my ATI card is one of the ones supported by the proprietry driver! Yada yada yada, I’ve got acceleration now :-) Plus, I’m learning more about the terminal. I installed Fish the other day (from an RPM) and that really rocks. And I’ve found out how to use the at and batch commands… look them up, they’re cool too!
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