More Baby Steps

In a recent post, maybe my last one, I talked about how I'm trying to migrate to Linux Ubuntu as an operating system, hoping one day to actually leave Microsoft and it's Window's environment completely behind. I've now taken a few more baby steps in that direction. I've been using Linux Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on my third laptop to get used to it, and just the other day promoted it up to my No. 1 laptop! My Win 7 laptop has been demoted to second banana.

Now, as of this time, I'm not including my desktop PC in this, it's my gaming machine and will be the final one to make the transition someday. Which might not necessarily be that long from now. I found an open source screen recorder that I like very much and works well on my laptop with Ubuntu, and Steam has been working very well on it as well, I've even installed a game I've played before called "Grow Home", which ran quite nicely considering I was using an integrated graphics card for it on Ubuntu. So putting Ubuntu on my desktop is looking more and more likely.

Promoting the Ubuntu laptop up to my prime laptop will now mean it's getting used for much more and more often. I've even been able to watch both Netflix and Hulu on it, without having to jump through any hoops or use any command lines with the terminal to get them to work. Ubuntu is starting to feel more and more like something that I can just open up and use just as I would any other computer. I'll keep you posted on where I'm at in this transition and how well it goes either way.

Not every surprise your son gives you is bad...

I came home from work today and found my son's laptop sitting on my computer desk. Of course the first thing that I did was yell out, "why is there a laptop on my desk!?" I figured my son was downloading something to my computer for me. He came into the room and said, "didn't you read the note on the screen?"

I hadn't.

So I read it, "it's all yours, hope you enjoy it! ^-^

He gave me his laptop! Now, granted, it used to be my wifes, which we gave to my son when she got her new desktop, but I thought that was one of the nicest things he's ever done. I told him he didn't have to give it to me, but he said he didn't really use it anymore and he wanted me to have it. I'd given him my PSP a couple of weeks ago and this could have something to do with it as well, but either way, his hearts' in the right place. I've always known my son is special, sometimes he just goes out of his way to prove that, indeed, he is!