I have succesfully installed Ubuntu! \o/
OK, it took me two goes because I found it a bit scary (it wanted to wipe the entire drive, but then I discovered how to make it not do that, so that was OK). But it is working! Yaaaaaaaaaaay!
I've installed some "essentials" (VLC, GIMP, and now a language program ;) ). I've got a few things more that I want to install, and I'm currently looking through themes to pretty up my desktop c:
I did have a look at Linux Mint and, while I like it, I can't actually see the benefits of Cinnamon (that's what makes it look like Windows, right?) and it's too like Windows for my tastes, actually. I'd got so used to Ubuntu that suddenly using something that felt like a backward step was kind of unnerving. So. Here we are: on Ubuntu and so far, so happy!
(Tomorrow I will watch The King and I while I install more stuff).
EDIT: I would like to echo![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
beccatoria's sentiment of "I installed Linux and I didn't die!" because seriously, that's what it feels like right now (I'm sure in a few months/years' time, this will be old hat, heh). [/eta]
OK, it took me two goes because I found it a bit scary (it wanted to wipe the entire drive, but then I discovered how to make it not do that, so that was OK). But it is working! Yaaaaaaaaaaay!
I've installed some "essentials" (VLC, GIMP, and now a language program ;) ). I've got a few things more that I want to install, and I'm currently looking through themes to pretty up my desktop c:
I did have a look at Linux Mint and, while I like it, I can't actually see the benefits of Cinnamon (that's what makes it look like Windows, right?) and it's too like Windows for my tastes, actually. I'd got so used to Ubuntu that suddenly using something that felt like a backward step was kind of unnerving. So. Here we are: on Ubuntu and so far, so happy!
(Tomorrow I will watch The King and I while I install more stuff).
EDIT: I would like to echo
beccatoria's sentiment of "I installed Linux and I didn't die!" because seriously, that's what it feels like right now (I'm sure in a few months/years' time, this will be old hat, heh). [/eta]
