29/09/2012, 06:50 PM
Yay, finally a rather less retarded and aspergers-free post, yay.
You know, I really want to get into linux, but every goddamn time this operating system devours the precious time I have. Recently, I got a 300$ acer laptop (was on sale) for school since I had to spend 7+ hours on campus doing whatever and I needed a laptop that I could read and program on. Anyway, programming aside, I figured this would be the perfect time to install Linux on the laptop (since this is my first machine that isn't either extremely old or a tablet).
Of course wee all know linux right? First thing that happens is that the touchpad doesn't work, big fudgeing deal (literally, not sarcastically). I decide to plug in a USB mouse to move around, second, the brightness keys don't work (I remember this was a rather simple, but annoying fix, and because I couldn't remember it, more time wasted). After about 1~half hour of searching, I decide to stop wasting my time for a fix and go back to hurr durr windows.
The problems, if any linux bro wants to help me is that my touchpad was showing up under the hardware list, but even as it was recognized, it just wouldn't work, yeah, double you tee eff.
You see, I want to use linux, installing libraries is a synch compared to windows and I like the highly extendable functionality you get with the OS, but goddamn, when linux doesn't f***ing work, it doesn't.
I don't use windows because I absolutely adore it, but as a one size fits all operating system, it's hard to justify linux when all of the software is a lot more mature for windows. I just feel like linux is an operating system for a person with a lot of time and not a lot of pressing issues. I really liked using the command shell too (though I guess windows has the same thing but I haven't looked into how deep it is).
Also, windows has some pretty nice stuff that matches workspaces in linux, as always, windows surpises me with having a lot more stuff out there than I realize. For one example, I'm using this totally obscure program called Dexspot to have multiple workspaces (Really helps with programming and doing a bunch of stuff at once) and it was more feature in-depth than the granddaddies that implemented such a feature, even if it isn't as feature rich, it was definitely a lot easier to access modifying those features.
Speaking of pressing issues, I'm totally unable to even get an INTERVIEW these days, ugh. Probably my cover letter sucks, or transcript, or maybe just both; sometimes it's really hard to care much about doing anything in life when life disallows you to do what you want.
Anyway, the thing I keep telling myself is that the real failure comes when I finally give up all ambition to do anything and that's what I'm not planning to do any time soon.
God fudgeing dammit I hate group projects at times.
You know, I really want to get into linux, but every goddamn time this operating system devours the precious time I have. Recently, I got a 300$ acer laptop (was on sale) for school since I had to spend 7+ hours on campus doing whatever and I needed a laptop that I could read and program on. Anyway, programming aside, I figured this would be the perfect time to install Linux on the laptop (since this is my first machine that isn't either extremely old or a tablet).
Of course wee all know linux right? First thing that happens is that the touchpad doesn't work, big fudgeing deal (literally, not sarcastically). I decide to plug in a USB mouse to move around, second, the brightness keys don't work (I remember this was a rather simple, but annoying fix, and because I couldn't remember it, more time wasted). After about 1~half hour of searching, I decide to stop wasting my time for a fix and go back to hurr durr windows.
The problems, if any linux bro wants to help me is that my touchpad was showing up under the hardware list, but even as it was recognized, it just wouldn't work, yeah, double you tee eff.
You see, I want to use linux, installing libraries is a synch compared to windows and I like the highly extendable functionality you get with the OS, but goddamn, when linux doesn't f***ing work, it doesn't.
I don't use windows because I absolutely adore it, but as a one size fits all operating system, it's hard to justify linux when all of the software is a lot more mature for windows. I just feel like linux is an operating system for a person with a lot of time and not a lot of pressing issues. I really liked using the command shell too (though I guess windows has the same thing but I haven't looked into how deep it is).
Also, windows has some pretty nice stuff that matches workspaces in linux, as always, windows surpises me with having a lot more stuff out there than I realize. For one example, I'm using this totally obscure program called Dexspot to have multiple workspaces (Really helps with programming and doing a bunch of stuff at once) and it was more feature in-depth than the granddaddies that implemented such a feature, even if it isn't as feature rich, it was definitely a lot easier to access modifying those features.
Speaking of pressing issues, I'm totally unable to even get an INTERVIEW these days, ugh. Probably my cover letter sucks, or transcript, or maybe just both; sometimes it's really hard to care much about doing anything in life when life disallows you to do what you want.
Anyway, the thing I keep telling myself is that the real failure comes when I finally give up all ambition to do anything and that's what I'm not planning to do any time soon.
God fudgeing dammit I hate group projects at times.