Ubuntu

Tonight I finally bit the bullet and tried to get a version of Linux working on my home desktop. I wasn't sure what to try, but after a bit of research I decided on Ubuntu. I don't know where my Win7 disk is (I'll get reorganized after the upcoming move), so I didn't want to do something that would upset my productivity and home internet browsing back. So with that in mind, I chose the "install it on top of Windows" option, called Wubi.

It downloaded fairly quickly and asked for a reboot. I really look forward to the day when bootups take a handful of seconds. I walked away and missed the "choose which OS to boot into" choice, so it chose Win7. I came back to my machine and instinctively logged into my Windows account.

"Wait a second..."

*sigh*

Once I rebooted again and got into Ubuntu, I had to get some drivers - one of which was for my video card. After I got that going, and rebooted, I was mildly blown away at the beauty of the interface. The menus were crisp, the buttons were well bright and cheery. I halfway imagined the Matrix; my mind had anticipated something much more unapproachable than what was actually before me.

It wasn't long before I was trying to get it to do something that I couldn't figure out - get two monitors to register (I've got them, I might as well use them!). I'm sure it's something simple, as it's probably a fairly common problem. I'll leave it for another day. I'll keep my Windows 7 install around. If I want to play a great game chances are I'll have to use that to play it, but Linux has come a long way from when I last saw it. Maybe I didn't give it a fair shake, but this time around I aim to do so.