the switch

Today I decided to be adventurous and switch to the Linux operating system, Ubuntu 7.10 to be exact. I downloaded and installed it with no help, so I’m quite proud of myself. I like the look and feel, but I am having a horrible time adjusting to the rest of it (different directory names, file types, system configuration, etc). Photoshop is difficult to get to work on Linux, but luckily Linux has its own photo editing software, a free program called The GIMP. It has very similar features to Photoshop, but the layout is completely different, and seeing as how I need it 5 days a week, I really need to get used to it soon. I don’t miss any of the other Windows software (maybe because I never used it), but installing anything period on Linux has turned out to be very confusing to me. I really am sick of Windows though, so hopefully I will catch on swiftly. So far I’ve reinstalled all of my fonts and imported my old bookmarks, and the rest of my documents are at home on my husband’s external hard drive. I won’t have time to play with it again until I return from Florida on the 27th. Yes, that’s right. I’m going to have a warm, sunny, green Christmas! See you all next year!