Did I give up?

Hello dorks! The answer is NO! I'm still here, sorry about that. Although, the nature of Blogger, I'm not sure that I'm apologizing to anyone at all, even? Because, I know of no other Linux users by choice, other than myself- and it's only because I'm that cheap!!!

I haven't had much to report, because I'm stuck in this rut, with a machine that will not let me upgrade. I realize that it's something I've harped on, several times now, and I have recently taken action to correct the problem- BUT I'VE BEEN BACKORDERED! How annoying is that?

The new system with come with Ubuntu preinstalled. And frankly, I'm kind of nervous about it! I'm not an expert in Ubuntu, as you may know. It's one of the systems, my current motherboard rejects. So, I've got to learn how to become the root user, from a system I didn't install? I'm scared! There is some sudo kind of command, now isn't there, which is not how Red Hat operates, so I'm a fish out of water on this. And no, I'm not looking forward to reading... how ironic?

I ordered one of those Tiny ITX type of systems- one of the new Intel Atom ones. But they've turned out to be so popular, they tell me, that they sold out right away. I don't honestly know if that's the truth or not? So here I sit, just hanging. Wanting to post some new discoveries, but not having anything to comment on. Or even a new product to plug. The guys that have me back ordered aren't getting a plug, until they deliver- even then, they'd better fix it soon! Or it's; NO SOUP FOR YOU!

The Color Laser printer has worked out very well, indeed. However it does skip lines sometimes. There is an altitude adjustment in the software, that only seems to work in Windows. And while, I've downloaded newer versions of the Linux software- that feature still isn't working. And I don't know if it fixes the problem for sure or not? My only complaint about it, is that it doesn't offer the nearly the number of printed pages that it claims per cartage. However, I've also learned not to overreact to it saying that it's out of toner- run that puppy until the color actually starts disappearing before you replace them. It's only off by about 100 pages, with most printing.

Anyway, still here! Still using Linux. Almost happy. As happy as a person can be waiting... Meanwhile, I'm in a GUI place, with an Open Source Heart, watching the hackers fly by. Only wishing I could play an MP3 file!!! (Yes, I know about VLC, it was a joke- dork!) The one I struggle with, even with VLC is DVD movies- just can't get them to work. So Linux is still very close to the gates of Multimedia Hell, when compared to Windows.

I guess I should be writing about Databases, once that's one of the dark corners of Linux, yet, where you've got to be REAL GEEK to get that setup. That's about as important as anything, to businessmen- even though most will get by with just a Spreadsheet. I just wanted you to know, that I'm working on it, I really am. It's just a very big byte to nibble on!