rob was here.

This past week I completely low-level formatted my work and home computers. I figured the old "nuke-and-rebuild" strategy was as good as any in an attempt to lessen myself of the many unused programs and glitches that have popped up over the last year.

I went a different strategy at work, and installed a linux distro. This is replacing Windows 2000, which I can honestly say, won't be missed. The linux distro I have choosen to use at work is Fedora Core 4, and I must say, i'm impressed overall with how things are going with it.. Within a day I had all my favourite apps installed and I was programming away. Special thanks to Jeremy for sharing insight regarding a few terminal commands now and then. Overall, the Fedora package comes with everything you need in terms of office and basic desktop needs (firefox, thunderbird, openoffice, etc).. I'm primarily using Gnome as my window manager. This is new to me as I've only ever used KDE in the past. I must say, Gnome makes for a pretty sleek desktop platform compared to Windows. Everyone's wondering why my computer looks so unique and spazzy.

At home, I just cleaned my drives and reinstalled Windows XP, followed by the most recent versions of all the software I use. I also have World of Warcraft sitting on my desk, but I've yet to install it. Maybe tonight.

Some notable mentions of software which I have decided not to install, for the first time in many, many years are:

• Microsoft Office - Now replaced by OpenOffice. I've been using OpenOffice exclusively for over a year now anyway for writing reports or using spreadsheets and what not. Check it out, it's free.
  
• Winamp - Replaced by iTunes. I actually like the look of winamp better, but iTunes is great for out-of-the-box iPod integration and what not.

Now, i'm pretty sure you're saying "Wait a minute, shouldn't you be working now?" And my answer to you is... oh crap! you're right! cya!