I almost forgot just how good things could be. Since we moved back at the end of August, I really didn’t have the time (read into this, I’m too lazy) to pull out my Shuttle system along with all of the stuff that went with it to reinstall it somewhere. I’ve been “happily” running my Macbook for the longest time. Oh yeah, my Macbook was free from work, and IT ONLY RUNS GENTOO.
Ahem. Anyway.
It works. It does what I need it to do. I really don’t do an awful lot these days anyway. It doesn’t take a $3000 desktop to surf the web and run ssh to my colo.
It has been a long time coming. I’m almost done with powerful personal computers. The faster and more expensive they get, the less I seem to care about it. Let’s face it, more and more people are spending more and more money on faster and faster systems. Luckily, I want no part of it.
I run Linux. Not only do I run linux, but I run fluxbox. I’ll make this short. fluxbox has no frills. No graphical wonders of the world. The thing runs and you hardly know it is there. I don’t want frills and fluff. I want something that is easy to use, easy to change, and does it without a whole lot of guff. fluxbox is the same reason that my work machine is about 4 years old. That machine hasn’t has a major upgrade in that time, other then a RAM upgrade. And the best part? It runs as well today as it did 4 years ago.
Try that Windows OR OS X users. I bet it will last another 4 years.
Wait, what was I talking about? Oh yeah. My Shuttle. That thing is really fast too. It feels good to be back on a desktop at home. Everything is unpacked an hooked back up. It took a long time. There are still too many boxes in this place…
Wow I am rambling. What do you want, it’s about an hour from New Years and the Old Number 7 is a flowin. See you next year.
