Comments on: Taking my Linux Virginity

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 18 May 2010 00:12:54 +0000

And how sexy is the Ubuntu 10.04?!!! I use a lot of icon themes, 3D graphic effects, dock, i customized fully and still interresting! I love the endless options of freedom…

By: inolle

inolle — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 21:27:51 +0000

who doesnt linux and how i got into was pretty much the same way cept i had a slight taste before hand in college (redhat) presently running opensuse 11.2 with kde 4.0

By: Thunder

Thunder — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:15:06 +0000

Hi Nixie, I was always a windows user and thanks to you have been converted from the dark side of the microsoft empire onto the freedom of the rebel alliance of Ubuntu..and love it……i’ve found your vid tuts fantastic to guide me through a few things and have always been well versed in the windows enviroment but for this sexy OS have gotten rid of my latest copy of windows 7 (Yes windows 7) and am excited to be using Ubuntu…Bring it on and looking forward to more tutorials from you……

By: dom

dom — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:11:26 +0000

arent u too hot to be using linux? DAMN !

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:10:38 +0000

I’m linking your blogs to HOSEF (Hawaii Open Source Education Foundation) Sure, it’s not the ‘normal’ thing you’d see regarding what most people think ‘education’ should look like but, wth, you’re doing it! You’re putting out the product! So…LEARN FROM THE BEST! I always say! and YOU ‘BRING IT’ girl!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:59:51 +0000

I run Debian on my laptop now and had the exact same problem with the Broadcom cards. Even fwcutter and ndiswrapper didn’t solve things. Luckily I found an old Cisco Aironet card and it was simple plug n play

By: Trail Gnome

Trail Gnome — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:11:39 +0000

NP,
Thanks for your take on Linux. The videos are simultaneously relaxing and stimulating. And of course informative to this Linux noob.
Have you done a Wubi post? I have crucial programs that have yet to be ported to Linux, afaik.
E.g., Garmin Connect. Proven workaround to upload my GPS tracks in Linux?
Thx,
TG

By: Shane(TMAN)

Shane(TMAN) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:32:01 +0000

I got a warning on N4G,and I am still there…..
I am tough!!LOL.
Oh,ya,I am now using Ubuntu 9.04 and Mint 7.Awesome OS’s,imo.Don’t really like Vista anymore.

How are you doing anyway Nixie?Long time no talk.

By: Khan Md Ashraf

Khan Md Ashraf — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:24:06 +0000

You want the Cadillac of Linux distro’s?
Try http://www.linuxmint.com/
Linux Mint is based on Ubuntu.
They really do a good job of making things work outta the box. No need to do much fiddling. The latest, 7.0 based on Ubuntu 9.04 has bluetooth working outta the box.
Wireless too.
About games, forget it. Most games are only made to work with Windows, period. So it is a waste of time trying to make them work with Linux. You wanna play games have the requisite hardware with Windows running for it.
Sure there are games for Linux but making them work itself is a major job.

By: MiCK.ca

MiCK.ca — Wed, 20 May 2009 08:20:18 +0000

Hey Nixie, I switched to Linux 6 years ago and have NEVER looked back. I just took the leap and for no reason other than paying large amounts for recording software made no sense to me. I switched first using SUSE and then left to join the world of .deb files instead of RPM. I am a musician so currently I am using 64 Studio. (which is in beta for version 3).

The guys over at 64 Studio are now based partly on Ubuntu. we have access to the ubuntu repos and certain updates. Debian multmedia is still available too. My wife uses ubuntu…I forced her to switch 3 years ago when Windoze got a virus and i said NO MORE!!

cheers to your blog..you’ve been added to the bookmarks. good luck on your Linux journey and if you ever decide to build and give those converted videos to family try DEVEDE or dvd author. I use DeVeDe..it also converts on the fly. (no need for commandline, also look for the nautilus scripts that do that same thing by right clicking on the file and telling it what to convert to)

Cheers