I am going to paint the kitchen. A friend, who loves to paint, will be coming over to help tomorrow. Knowing this is very useful, since it will inspire me to get the prep work done today, which is seventy per cent of the battle.
Day: October 16, 2003
Linux Update
It has been about a month since I started using Linux (in the form of Red Hat 9) as my everyday operating system.
I had been a reasonably happy Windows user for years, ever since Windows 3.1. However, I have long been concerned with the direction that Microsoft is taking with both licensing and digital rights management in their software. As a result, I have been reluctant to upgrade from Windows 98, or purchase a machine with a modern Microsoft operating system installed. For several years now, I have been following the progress made by GNU/Linux on the desktop, wondering if it would ever provide the functionality I want in my primary computer.
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