The insanely boring life…

Right, now, if anyone has been reading my blog, they might have noticed that I have been using a Linux Distribution called PCLinuxOS for quite some time now. I don’t know how many people are familiar with PCLinuxOS (which I am just going to call PCL), so I would recommend you go out and try it.

Firstly, what I found interesting with this Distribution, is the fact that you can only download the Live CD. So, if you boot from the Live CD, you can test whether all your settings work, and you install it by clicking on “Install PCLinuxOS” which will be on your desktop. But all the settings you set while testing the Live CD will be saved to your hard drive as well, so that is a great bonus!

Now that I am on the installation path, I might mention that the installation is one of the best I have seen. So simple, yet effective.

Once you have it installed it is simply a pleasure to work with, and now I am only talking about the BARE necessities. What makes it even better is the GREAT look of the system. The best piece of eye candy I have seen in a long time.

The great thing with this Distribution (I seem to say that often) comes into play when using it for every day tasks. I have never seen such ease of use before! But alas there are a few woes which one has to deal with.

Firstly, those who have been reading my blog may know that I am heavily into midi files, since I use them almost every day. Midi’s are just so very irritating to work with in Linux!!! I could just kick something! Simply trying to get midi’s to make a sound in a program other than timidity is a pain, and I haven’t got it to work yet.

Secondly is the fact that with Linux can be a bit overwhelming at times. It may be open source, which i love, but all this configuration possibilities is just so much for my poor windows-based mind! I suppose you get used to it, though.

Thirdly, some things are a little hard to set up that requires you to go fiddle with terminal (the Linux equivalent of command prompt, which you use surprisingly often). However I don’t believe the avridge office secretary will be effected.

Besides those snags the entire system is just a breeze to work with. It is so fast!!! That is one thing I can say for Linux! In Windows it feels as though you are cruising the country side (actually a desert wasteland…) with a VW Beetle, however Linux makes it feel like you are driving the porche-ala-king!

And the Internet! I have never felt so connected before! I mean, my download speeds are 20 KB faster per second!

So, everything is nicely laid out for you in Linux. So, if they could just work on those problems, I would be the happiest person on this planet.