Ever since I first laid my hands on a Red Hat 6.2 CD, I have wanted to use GNU/Linux, since, at the time I got it, I was using Win 3.11, and Linux seemed to be better. However, without any knowledge of the world of Linux (well, almost none. I have always been somewhat interested in computer history) and no Internet connection to ask for help, it soon became forgotten for a long time. Almost ten years.

Then, I got a seven year old laptop(P366MHz, 192MB RAM, 6.2GB HDD, 1x CD-ROM). I had moved into my own apartment, and I was able to get cable Internet. XP was slow on this very old laptop, so I didn't do much computing at all on it. Mainly I wrote some random thoughts in OpenOffice (never going to use MS Office again, unless it's a strict requirement for work) and played Heroes of Might and Magic III. As it didn't have a network card, I had to use the only USB port on it for connecting. Then, my mom's boyfriend was upgrading the servers at work, and I could get a five-year old server (P3 1.26 GHz, 1.5GB RAM, 200+ GB HDD over four drives, Network Card, 48x CD-ROM). That made the transition to Ubuntu a lot easier, as I had two machines, whereas one could be kept like I have always know computing: Windoze.

Well, first few tries with Ubuntu wasn't really successful. I used the Live CD of 6.06, but the RAM wasn't sufficient to install it. Until I read a little, and made a swap partition. It flew! However, as I had to install specific drivers to get Windows to accept the USB-port as an Internet connection, I figured I had to do the same in GNU/Linux, and the old laptop was mostly not turned on. Then, one day I thought I'd give it a try just for the heck of it. I had installed Ubuntu to learn more about GNU/Linux, so why not learn? I plugged in the cable and went for the network settings. I clicked "Enable USB as network connection" and that was it. No searching for drivers. After that, I divided my line and set the old server for download and video rendering. I tested the difference in speed on these two on several occasions. The server was better at showing YouTube videos, and it had better space for video rendering and DVD-burning. But that was it. The old laptop showed the server nothing but dust-tracks. It was WAY faster on almost anything. And when I downloaded and installed 6.10 (for machines with less than 192 MB RAM), the laptop lapped the server by several rounds. I started using the laptop for everything except storage and YouTube.

However, since I got the laptop, and later the server, I wished for a more modern laptop. The old one could perform what I needed, but the battery was a joke, and with only one USB-port and limited other ports, I had to use hubs and switch around equipment alot. Now I run a Dell Inspiron 9400 (probably the last one sold with XP SP2), and after a look at my grandfather's brand new computer with Vista that I was assigned to setting up, I am truly happy.

Only thing preventing me from abandoning XP on this now, is a few programs I have paid money for on Windows, and I am not sure I can run them with Wine or Cedega. Not being a gamer, I don't care too much about the lack of support for them in GNU/Linux.

Other than this lengthy story about my journey towards GNU/Linux, I am interested in movies. Pretty much every genre there is. I don't say no to a romantic drama, but I will say no to it if the story doesn't sound "exciting". That's the case with any movie actually.

My personality is INFP (Introspective, iNtuitive, Feeling, Perceptive)

I spend way too much time on the computer actually.

Well, that's my introductary post. Anything else you want to know about me, check the blog on my MySpace page.

And now for my obligatory short and sweet: hi and welcome to LQ