Topic: What are you doing right now?

[chekovsulu]

It makes my computer's fan spin loudly, so now I just use it when I have people around

[hmed2390]

having spent a good 5 hours getting use to the Natty Narwhal desktop ,
i can still say Ubuntu made a mistake.many people will just give up   
i am getting use to it and the more i use it the more comfortable i feel with it.

plenty of help out there for advice and the grub install was fantastically easy .
more so than all of the other installs i have done.
all drivers picked up straight away.

i could change my mind in the end though and stick with it 
still learning though
any way a screenshot of my laptop running natty narwale

Out of curiosity but what made you switch to ubuntu, and also, what OS are you migrating from?

I ran Ubuntu on my Sony Vaio for about a month and a half, got used to it and then disliked it overnight. I came to the realization that Linux is just too complex to act as a regular desktop OS no matter how simplistic and pretty the GUI seems to be. It felt more like a constant task than a medium in which I could do other things from.

I apologize in advance, I'm not trying to be a buzkill and I highly value "to each his own", just giving some input and would love to hear your experience with it.

[goldshirt*9]

Out of curiosity but what made you switch to ubuntu, and also, what OS are you migrating from?

i had a laptop and decided to try something new. that's all  i would love to say i didn't agree with the world domination of Microsoft and how it oppressed the advancement of freeware / shareware  ,BUT i can't 

and also, what OS are you migrating from?

Well i dual boot with windows 7 ultimate on my laptop, but i only use Windows 7 on my desktop ,as its a family pc and too many things run that as yet i haven't investigated in the Linux world.

I ran Ubuntu on my Sony Vaio for about a month and a half, got used to it and then disliked it overnight. I came to the realization that Linux is just too complex to act as a regular desktop OS no matter how simplistic and pretty the GUI seems to be. It felt more like a constant task than a medium in which I could do other things from.

I agree Linux isn't easy , but all i did on a PC was cruise the internet , music , films , get bored and i felt my brain was wasting away ( it is from alcohol but  ) i needed something more.
Some of the new Distro's are pretty stable and very user friendly , all they need is a new learning curve and now i have ALMOST everything i need on my Linux operating system on my laptop (still cannot find a way to connect to my Belkin Net USB Hub  )

I apologize in advance, I'm not trying to be a buzkill and I highly value "to each his own", just giving some input and would love to hear your experience with it.

No  apologise required 

Up to now i have had fantastic luck with Linux with no major issues that i didn't cause myself  .
i have tried a few Linux distro's and found some impossible to use
solaris / haiko  these are way beyond me.
Mint / Ubuntu / pclinuxos / xubuntu are great .
I use Ubuntu 11.04 natty narwhal and again i had to relearn where everything is but i love it

[subvinorosa]

Thinking of what to buy for dinner.  I want pizza but the place that sells them here make them skinny.  Besides, the way the kids eat, it'd cost me less to go to the only restaurant in the place.

[goldshirt*9]

falling asleep

[dweez]

Trying to decide if I go out for darts or stay in and work on servers from home...probably darts.

[goldshirt*9]

shuffling files around

[Skadi]

going to run errands so I can have them out of the way >_>

[smokester]

Recovering from Father's day, well, more like "sobering up" really.

[Skadi]

more like "sobering up" really.

ahh.. I'm on the other end of things, and just getting started

[Skadi]

Trying to decide on a hairstyle... Right now it's up, but I look like this pic, and it's out of my way, but I look vaguely eccentric.. which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Or, I could take it down and it would be curly, but more in my way... I can't make decisions today.

[smokester]

In line with Skadi's thought, I'm considering shaving my head. I am keep to adopt a "Pitbull" look.

[goldshirt*9]

Trying to decide on a hairstyle... Right now it's up, but I look like this pic, and it's out of my way, but I look vaguely eccentric.. which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Or, I could take it down and it would be curly, but more in my way... I can't make decisions today.

go for it,love wild individual  hairstyles 

In line with Skadi's thought, I'm considering shaving my head. I am keep to adopt a "Pitbull" look.

hopefully sunday pm for my haircut.
its just about shoulder length at the moment  very nick kershaw 

[Skadi]

I need mine cut too. or layered at least

waiting for the storms to pass so i can be outside

[dweez]

All this talk of hair makes me jealous and sad.