One more thing for today...

Yes, I knew this day would finally come.

 

I think my next operating system should be Kubuntu.  Linux.  The Big Unknown.  The ultimate Geek thrill-ride.

As I sit now...  carefully jotting down website URLs and passwords...  backing up cookies and email...  address books and documents in preparation (H?) of reinstalling Windows XP (hey, this install lasted almost 2 years before it got so crudded-up that my boot-up takes almost 7 minutes (!), my mouse pointer is prone to random lock-ups lasting  5-10 seconds at a time...  and other strange and odd operating system hiccups.)

Before you chime in and tell me to clean-the-registry-scan-for-a-virus peek-for-spyware, malware, or rootkits or what-have-you, I will go ahead and tell you that I have been there, done that, bought the tee shirt, and sold the mother on Ebay.  Besides, I've pretty much determined the source of the problem anyway.

 

A conflict between a signed mouse or keyboard driver and an update from Microsoft itself. 

 

Ironic. 

 

Anyway, Kubuntu, or Ubuntu will be difficult, hard to learn, and probably a pain in the ass.  But at least it will be a new and different pain in the ass.  Unlike windows...  the penultimate "same-old same-old" of pains in the ass.

 

In fact, I'm actually excited at the prospect.  Sorta like when I moved from Dos to windows 3.11...  or saw OS2 surf the net AND format a floppy drive at the same time (Gasp!) without the whole damned computer locking-up for about a minute - a feat which NO version of windows ever managed to do.  This is exactly why I believe we no longer have either OS2 OR floppy drives...  a coincidence...   or a Microsoft conspiracy?  YOU make the call.

 

Actually, after seeing this masterfully re-edited Mac ad, I almost want to get one. 

 

Almost.

 

Have a great April 2nd...

 

Steve, W4HKL