Linux on my laptop - The Saga Continues, Part 2 So I'm back to my own laptop. Ahhhhh....comfort of "home".

So I re-installed the Linux, this time making sure i grabbed all of the libs and still there was something missing. I could not run KDE. Now, you need to understand - I grew up on the command line, I cut my teeth on the DOS prompt, I lost my virginity on the c shell. But why use the terminal interface if you don't have to. I don't see people with automatic tranies taking them out in favor of stick-shifts.

So I'm just about ready to give up on the Linux-on-laptop project. It's too painful to go through it some times only to be disappointed. I had Mandrake Linux running on here before on a proper 2 partition system, but them my hard drive decided to take a dump. Figures. Luckily the Thinkpad was still under warranty so all I had to do was wait for the shinny new hard drive to be installed FOR FREE! I got a new LCD too from this deal. In fact, did i mention i got this whole thing for free? I didn't? I'm sorry I should have made introductions. Free IBM Thinkpad meet the reader. Reader wave hello to the Thinkpad. Common, don't be shy - wave a little, no one is looking. That's better.

Sheesh...just got an email from a client asking me if she should get a Mac laptop. After the week I've had, it's just adding insult to injury. I'm too tired for the tirade about Macs....  ¶ 12:07 AM