StrikeLight

Shelled out just under $100 for a PIII 1.2 Ghz Machine (dell optiplex gx150) so I could install linux and get some first hand experience with it. I'm not a linux noobie exactly, I've programmed for *ix systems remotely (via shell), but this is my first time using X-Windows on a Linux machine (ie. not through cygwin, which when I experimented with gnome on, it took like 30 minutes to load up). Everything has been going smoothly with the installation and configuration of my new linux box. Couple of hiccups with the ubuntu distribution though, so I'm told by avid gentoo lovers. Had some minor problems with missing packages for gcc, built-in shell commands like 'kill' causing compatibility issues with the kill command in /bin, but those were overcome by getting dev packages and alias'ing 'kill' to use the /bin/kill command. Also set up samba and remote desktop so I could vnc in from a windows machine. It's been an interesting experience... As I get more acquainted with it all, I'll be able to port over some of my programs from windows to linux, and other unices.