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Ubuntu 9.10

Mon Nov 2, 2009, 9:13 AM
All right, so when I woke up for work on the 31st, there was a distro upgrade available. At this point, I was about ready to throw my laptop out the window - 9.04 was buggy for me, with very unstable 3D acceleration, problems with sound output, the headphone jacks - there wasn't much that wasn't borked in some manner or another. Really not very fun to deal with - the CPU was working its ass off to keep things moving on the screen, so my battery life peaked at maybe 2 hours. Overall, it was piss-poor. So, I went for the upgrade without any research - fuck, if I lost everything, I wouldn't really give a damn. So, went for the upgrade, and went for work.

Came back home to find the boot screen on 9.10, Karmic Koala, and upon logging in, I found that all the problems had just evaporated. Proper video drivers, better sound, and with that there was the capacity for all sorts of eye-candy now that the machine was in proper order. Aside from that, there's some interesting new utilities - the Software Center replaces Add/Remove from later versions, which is actually pretty nice, despite skepticism. Additionally, there's an Art Manager for downloading appearance packs straight from art.gnome, which is really handy.

All in all I think it's a great upgrade, and I know lots of people with HP boxes were having big problems. I think that now would be the time to give Ubuntu a shot, if you're curious - this is definitely one of the better releases I've seen.

Although I do sort of reminisce about 6.06, way back in the day, when things were simple, and I was but a noob...

  • Mood: Thrilled
  • Listening to: Rush - Hemispheres
  • Reading: Cleveland Anonymous
  • Playing: UrbanTerror 4
  • Drinking: coffee

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  • Current Residence: Illinois
  • Interests: formal logic, typewriters
  • Favourite movie: Der Himmel über Berlin
  • Favourite band or musician: JS Bach, Herbie Hancock, Kraftwerk
  • Favourite artist: Alfons Mucha
  • Favourite poet or writer: Haruki Murakami
  • Favourite style of art: Modernism
  • Operating System: Linux 2.6.31-14, Ubuntu 9.10
  • Shell of choice: bash
  • Favourite cartoon character: Motoko Kusanagi
  • Tools of the Trade: Olympia SM9, JW Black Label

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:iconrexlupis:
Thanks for the visit, I do hope you found something of interest!

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:iconspartanxlll:
30 round mags? Tapco, Magpul, or HK....I kinda like them all :D what're your thoughts dear sir?

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"Only in darkness do we ever see light."
:iconbakelite:
HK is always good, but I don't own an AR of my own - you can probably get the same quality for a little less. Magpul sounds like a good choice too, and they're in a pretty comfortable price range. Plus they're totally in vogue right now. :D

Tapco would probably be fine too, their warranty is great. My friends have had a few Tapco mags with bad followers/etc, and they returned them no problem. So I suppose it's just a matter of which one you think looks best, haha.

I guess, if I had to choose one, I'd take Magpul, though they're all pretty closely matched.
:iconspartanxlll:
I got a box of magpul speedplates for my glock "mini" in 9mm. Since I have so many god damn glock factory mags for the little shit. I'm loving those. Got alot of magpul gear that came in yesterday, as well noveske, got my whole rifle in a kit, cause I hate them assembled, I love the "building" fun. My Sig Sauer 556 Classic Custom was finished yesterday, a friend was barrowing for photography for his home.

I got a bunch of Magpul mags, self leveling and adjusting, just better mags. I placed a custom order for Andros Red ones, cause my noveske AR-Pistol is getting re-baked in black rose red. I'm a whore for matching :D

I am loving my XDm's :] Glock has serious competition for my business. On another note I was finally able to pick up my bargain buys that though cleared waiting period already i just didnt have time to pick up, sig 229 and 226 EQ, both for $1200.

Also bought like 20 mins ago a 1911 airsoft pistol, ganna take it apart, medial blast its coating off, weld and alter to look like a huge hellsing anime inspired gun, and bake back in black again. Welding crappy sheet metal was my first thought, but I was like fuck it, Im just ganna machine something out, after I use it for a few photos to make posters for my place, I am ganna sell to someone already in waiting. :) easy money!

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"Only in darkness do we ever see light."
:iconbakelite:
Geez, busy busy busy.

I'm just getting through school, if I was doing that much stuff my head would explode or something. :lol:

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