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Those teenagers don't know what they're talking about.
And you like Ubuntu?
I've tried it a couple times on an old PC. It would work a couple times then sometimes when i'd boot it would give me some blue screen and an error message.
And once I got it loaded it was sort of like "So what?"
I'm wondering which linux distros to dabble in on my old Lombard, and possibly this clamshell as soon as I get my bank account and get setup with paypal FINALLY.
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Ubuntu is a good release and well supported. HOWEVER, it defaults to the ugly and dumbed down Gnome desktop - this is, of course, a personal opinion. I FAR, FAR prefer Kubuntu, or even Xubuntu, which are Ubuntu but with the KDE and XFCE desktops respectively. To my mind, KDE is the best Linux desktop out there. I have never understood the appeal of Gnome's desktop.
Some of this may be color preference of course. Gnome defaults to a general brown/gold earth tone color schema. KDE defaults to soothing cool blues as its overall color schema. Both are changeable of course, but I think KDE looks far better "out of the box". KDE also offers much more fine grained control of the setup of your desktop. Finally, KDE comes with an awesome set of KDE specific applications - some of them are simply best-in-class (IMHO). Amarok, Gwenview, Kopete, etc.
My advice Tanner? When you are ready, try out Kubuntu. It is Ubuntu, with all that Ubuntu goodness, plus the eye poppingly beautiful KDE desktop. For an even better Linux experience (again, IMHO) try out openSuSE 10.3. This is my favorite Linux distro of all time so far. It is incredibly polished and well thought out, very beginner friendly (while providing all the fine grained control that experts crave) and amazingly fast - they have done a LOT of performance tuning on this release. It is the ONLY operating system I have ever seen that can launch OpenOffice.org (the base from which NeoOffice is derived) in a 5 seconds or so. Simply amazing.
Some of this may be color preference of course. Gnome defaults to a general brown/gold earth tone color schema. KDE defaults to soothing cool blues as its overall color schema. Both are changeable of course, but I think KDE looks far better "out of the box". KDE also offers much more fine grained control of the setup of your desktop. Finally, KDE comes with an awesome set of KDE specific applications - some of them are simply best-in-class (IMHO). Amarok, Gwenview, Kopete, etc.
My advice Tanner? When you are ready, try out Kubuntu. It is Ubuntu, with all that Ubuntu goodness, plus the eye poppingly beautiful KDE desktop. For an even better Linux experience (again, IMHO) try out openSuSE 10.3. This is my favorite Linux distro of all time so far. It is incredibly polished and well thought out, very beginner friendly (while providing all the fine grained control that experts crave) and amazingly fast - they have done a LOT of performance tuning on this release. It is the ONLY operating system I have ever seen that can launch OpenOffice.org (the base from which NeoOffice is derived) in a 5 seconds or so. Simply amazing.
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So it's official all my best friends are either married or engaged. One just got engaged yesterday. That only leaves me left. I don't know what's the deal, I for one, think we're too young. But they've been in long term relationships.
I'm happy for all them.
Now I just feel old..haha.
I'm happy for all them.
Now I just feel old..haha.
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I just got back from graduation.
It's so sad seeing my little babies all grown up and graduated.
lol.
I'm not REALLY good friends with any seniors, but i'm friends with some of them, but we don't like hang out, which is sad because when they graduate it makes you feel like you're losing someone.
I can't be like "hey, we should hang out" because I don't know them that well yet, but I know them well enough to consider them friends.
Plus one of them is never on facebook anymore.
Sure, that's the one my first time meeting was yesterday, but still! I'll miss him, and everyone else!
Where does time go?
It's been so fast.
I pledge to make each year better than the previous. Next year i'm going to laugh louder, scream longer, talk more, have more fun, and be way weirder.
It's so sad seeing my little babies all grown up and graduated.
lol.
I'm not REALLY good friends with any seniors, but i'm friends with some of them, but we don't like hang out, which is sad because when they graduate it makes you feel like you're losing someone.
I can't be like "hey, we should hang out" because I don't know them that well yet, but I know them well enough to consider them friends.
Plus one of them is never on facebook anymore.
Sure, that's the one my first time meeting was yesterday, but still! I'll miss him, and everyone else!
Where does time go?
It's been so fast.
I pledge to make each year better than the previous. Next year i'm going to laugh louder, scream longer, talk more, have more fun, and be way weirder.
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A little fatherly advice Netty (I think I am probably old enough to be your father!).
I'm sure it goes without saying, but please don't feel pressured to partner up now that all your friends have. Choosing a life partner is a serious decision. Believe me, you will know when the time is right and the person is right. If you don't feel it in your heart and in your soul, move on. There are people you like and people you love. When you are genuinely in love, you will know it. Don't worry about it until then! Let life happen and just enjoy it!
I'm sure it goes without saying, but please don't feel pressured to partner up now that all your friends have. Choosing a life partner is a serious decision. Believe me, you will know when the time is right and the person is right. If you don't feel it in your heart and in your soul, move on. There are people you like and people you love. When you are genuinely in love, you will know it. Don't worry about it until then! Let life happen and just enjoy it!
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Just a question:
When doing in text citations following MLA format, would I put the citation INSIDE the quote or OUTSIDE the quote? I have:
She wrote: “Most sleep scientists think that in our first dreams of the night we access "declarative" memories of recent events - those we can consciously recall.” (Young 1)
Or would it be
She wrote: “Most sleep scientists think that in our first dreams of the night we access "declarative" memories of recent events - those we can consciously recall. (Young 1)"
Or something like that.
When doing in text citations following MLA format, would I put the citation INSIDE the quote or OUTSIDE the quote? I have:
She wrote: “Most sleep scientists think that in our first dreams of the night we access "declarative" memories of recent events - those we can consciously recall.” (Young 1)
Or would it be
She wrote: “Most sleep scientists think that in our first dreams of the night we access "declarative" memories of recent events - those we can consciously recall. (Young 1)"
Or something like that.
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I don't want to go to sleep.
I have no reason for sleep, my life is more than anything I could ever dream of.
I have no reason for sleep, my life is more than anything I could ever dream of.
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Netty, I'm in the same boat as you. My best friend just got engaged like a week ago and my other friends are already either married or engaged. I'm the only one that doesn't have that, but I figure everything happens for a reason.
I also recently just installed Ubuntu on my MBP through VMWare Fusion. I must admit, it's quite nice. I had to figure out a few little quirks already, for instance, my scroll wheel wasn't responding so I had to go in and edit a file. I'm going to try it out fully in a couple of days. I wish I had a separate laptop to try it out on though.
Hope everyone is doing well. Turns out I'm going to have a long week. I have to fly back to Illinois later this week because of a death in the family. Ughh... I hate going to these things.. especially when I knew the person.
I also recently just installed Ubuntu on my MBP through VMWare Fusion. I must admit, it's quite nice. I had to figure out a few little quirks already, for instance, my scroll wheel wasn't responding so I had to go in and edit a file. I'm going to try it out fully in a couple of days. I wish I had a separate laptop to try it out on though.
Hope everyone is doing well. Turns out I'm going to have a long week. I have to fly back to Illinois later this week because of a death in the family. Ughh... I hate going to these things.. especially when I knew the person.
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I just had my grad party today. Was a busy day. Played sax at church, had my grad party, went to a friends grad party. Came back, grilled some hotdogs. I got $1400 in checks, + $4000 from my grandma... so $5400 is a nice lump of cash to help pay for books ad a few of my own goodies this laptop was one of the premature goodies I already bought for school. So fun. Well, 2 more days of school! Arghhhhhh. Almost done... so close yet so far.
this laptop was one of the premature goodies I already bought for school. So fun. Well, 2 more days of school! Arghhhhhh. Almost done... so close yet so far.
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congrats on your graduation ogacan
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I just had my grad party today. Was a busy day. Played sax at church, had my grad party, went to a friends grad party. Came back, grilled some hotdogs. I got $1400 in checks, + $4000 from my grandma... so $5400 is a nice lump of cash to help pay for books ad a few of my own goodies
Congrats, ogacon! What are your plans post-graduation?
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Well this summer I will be working full time at a camp. Once I come back from that I move into Bethel University. I'm enlisted as a business major with marketing emphasis, and a computer science minor... but we'll see how far I go in that field.
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