Internal Conflict

• Formated Vista
• Installed Vista
• realised that XP fucked up and created a EXTENDED partition
• download partition magic
• it tells me Vista isn’t supported
• I format Vista
• I install XP
• install partition magic
• realise that partition magic can’t solve the problem with EXTENDED partitions
• realise also that the trial version doesn’t do shit but lets you see what it can actually do
• cbb download full version and wasting 30 megs
• formated xp
• installed Vista
• tried installing Ubuntu via the OFFICIAL guide
• realised that parts of it were screwed thus corrupting my Vista partition
• formated Vista
• decided to just install vista on 50gig partition
• allocated 10 gigs to ubuntu
• installed ubuntu via APC guide

Everything was smooth from that point on.

This morning I decided to setup my Ubuntu with some other stuff.

• Decided to install pidgin the HARD way
• tried compiling and realised C dependencies were not installed
• Installed C dependencies
• tried compiling again…
• realise that there were other dependencies which didn’t work
• installed other dependencies
• finally got pidgin up and running to realise that the ssl dependency was not installed
• UNINSTALL pidgin
• installed ssl dependency
• recompiled
• reinstalled

And then it was finally working. I could have just installed it via a package but i thought might as well do it the hard way.

It was pretty fun actually. I got pretty much everything setup.

Now I’m faced with a predicament. I’ve been using Ubuntu all day now…and right now is the first time that I’m actually using Vista…well Vista is nice and all…but Ubuntu is a lot more stable. A "quick" restart in Ubuntu takes literally 5 seconds…I shit you not.

HOWEVER, there are several limitations.

• There is a "easy" way of accessing Window’s drives from Linux however, having Windows accessing linux is the BIGGEST bitch…theres like 3 different guides for the same thing except each is different and I reach a step where I just go "wtf" cause I just don’t see it…
• I haven’t found a decent bittorrent client…I refuse to use Mainline, Azureus o Bittornado…
• OpenOffice sucks balls. It sucks HUGE balls. Okay I haven’t really used it…but it SUCKS balls from first glance. I open up a document and yeah…it just looks soo outdated. When they (Microsoft) claimed that OpenOffice is 10years behind Office…I’d probably have to agree…but then again…I could always just use LaTeX.
• In addtion OPERA DOES NOT SUPPORT 64bit!!!!! *cries*

Yup those are my biggest complaints. However, Ubuntu’s GUI just blows my boxz0rs. Flip 3D? Ubuntu’s CUBE blows all over you.

However, despite everything VISTA is a lot more comfortable. In the sense that I don’t feel cramped using my pc. Ubuntu just seems extremely cramped up…but I guess the cube makes up for it SOMEWHAT. For those wtfing at the "CUBE" you have to see it…to know what it is.

So yes…I guess…what I can do is finish download dragonball…and halo2…and then slowly transition over to ubuntu. And hopefully I can get networking setup 100%. A task for the holidays.