{"id":83,"date":"2006-06-05T09:49:01","date_gmt":"2006-06-05T17:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bornia.com\/log\/2006\/06\/05\/ubuntu-the-prequel\/"},"modified":"2006-06-05T09:49:01","modified_gmt":"2006-06-05T17:49:01","slug":"ubuntu-the-prequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bornia.com\/log\/?p=83","title":{"rendered":"ubuntu: the prequel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"thinkpad\"My first “writing only” computer was an IBM Thinkpad running Windows 2000. I’m a bigtime Mac user, but am familiar with Windows through having to use it in my 3D work<\/a>. No big; writing feels pretty much the same, wherever you do it.<\/p>\n

Only problem is, Windows is a hideosity. Disgusting to look at, and deal with (“idiotic” does not begin to describe what Microsoft considers to be “design,”<\/a> in user interfaces). I LOVED the ThinkPad’s feel, though, including the “nipple” navigation (a tiny nub, embedded in the keyboard, that gives “joystick” fingertip control over the cursor). I loved not having to lift my fingers off the keyboard to use a “trackpad.”<\/p>\n

So I loaded Linux. Which at the time, for me, meant Mandrake (now Mandriva).<\/a> Free, robust, and almost there, useability-wise. Almost. Finally, I caved and bought an iBook. Love it. OS X is all the way there, rock-solid, etc. Gotten used to trackpad use (especially using this priceless utility<\/a>). So, la-dee-da.<\/p>\n

\"ubuntoBut the idea of a Free OS (linux) stuck. Free OS, free software, smart folks all over making something because it’s cool. Now, years later, I find Ubuntu<\/a>, quickly becoming the most popular<\/a> “distro” of Linux around (and available for PPC machines, like my G4 iBook). I downloaded the “Live CD” and booted from it. Frickin’ nice. Smart, and SO much further along than when last I tried Linux.<\/p>\n

So now I want to have a “dual-boot” iBook, running OS X and Ubuntu Linux. Folks all over are doing it, and so am I. This week, I think. Really. Details to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My first “writing only” computer was an IBM Thinkpad running Windows 2000. I’m a bigtime Mac user, but am familiar with Windows through having to use it in my 3D work. No big; writing feels pretty much the same, wherever you do it. Only problem is, Windows is a hideosity. Disgusting to look at, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bornia.com\/log\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bornia.com\/log\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bornia.com\/log\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bornia.com\/log\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bornia.com\/log\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bornia.com\/log\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bornia.com\/log\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bornia.com\/log\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bornia.com\/log\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}