Was surfing around tonight and Stumbled onto The Linux Alternative Project. Ever stopped to consider moving to Linux? Thought you wouldn’t find replacements for that oh so crucial app in Winders? Check out this website for a pretty comprehensive list of Linux alternatives.

Just as I thought, I finally turned Beryl off. Bling just gets in the way of work. Some would argue that this is a direct admition that Aero is superior. My counter to that would be something along the lines of, “idiot.” I still like the bling of Beryl far better than Winders Aero. But, the Viewports concept was annoying me and Beryl was not allowing me to set startup points for windows and apps, even though the functionality is there. I suspect this is a Gnome vs. KDE thing maybe? Dunno, at any rate, I still approve, but I don’t want the bling THAT bad.

Success!! Oh my god that was way more difficult than I thought it would be. I’d like to coin the Law of Multiple Linux Installs, but I can’t do the math to figure out the equation. It just seems that new Linux distros always require multiple installs before you get comfortable — inversely proportionate to the amount of distros you have used in the past… Or something like that.

Anyway, Mythbuntu lives! I finally got it running like a champ on the media center machine. I must say I love all the features it has in comparison to Windows Media Center… But, Windows Media Center was FAR easier to get goin. I’ll pay the price of a less user friendly install for the increased freedom I have, though. It’s nice to be able to rip DVDs into your media library just by clicking a button on your media center. Also, there is commercial detection, master/slave configurations for multiple frontends and backends, and best of all it was $0…

So, highly recommended if you are looking for a media center solution.

My 3 year old son talked to me tonight about what he wants to do to his computer… Here’s how the conversation went:

Rhys: Daddy… Dad… Daddy… DAAAAD!

Me: WHAT!?

Rhys: So, I’m gonna build my computer!

Me (beaming with pride): Awww. Right on, boy! That’s great!

Rhys: Yeah! Just like you! First I’m going to install Windows! And then….

Me (pride has been replaced with disappointment): WHAT!? Dude! You don’t want to install Windows! You want Linux! It’s much better.

Rhys: No, I’m going to install Windows… And then I’m gonna….

Me: Dude!! Trust me! You want Linux on your computer! Not Windows!

Rhys: NO! I’m going to install windows!! And then, I’m going to install doors… And then…. blah blah blah.