shanesemler

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Ubuntu pissed me off because they deleted multiverse which made it very difficult to install Java - so I went looking for a new distro. I didn’t get very far. I tried SUSE but it’s Wacom support is glitchy, which makes it useless for The GIMP. Also there’s no simple and easy way to find and add app repositories to YaST. Another thing YaST lacks is a way to select which sound card you want to use (if you have more than one). SimplyMepis’ monitor and graphics card detection isn’t so hot and the Nvidia accelerated drivers turn the screen so dark it’s unusable. So I ended up going back to Ubuntu. It just works, even with the annoying changes they made to the repositories. The fact is, out of the box it has the best detection and ease of setup of any linux distro I’ve ever used. Many other so-called desktop friendly distros lack Ubuntu’s polish and seem to be plagued by one show-stopper bug or another.

So anyway, I did finally get Java installed.

My new comic is taking a bit longer than I expected and I still need to finish up a few bits on my new website. Stop by, check it out and drop me a line and let me know what you think.

Ubuntu pissed me off because they deleted multiverse which made it very difficult to install Java - so I went looking for a new distro. I didn't get very far. I tried SUSE but it's Wacom support is glitchy, which makes it useless for The GIMP. Also there's no simple and easy way to find and add app repositories to YaST. Another thing YaST lacks is a way to select which sound card you want to use (if you have more than one). SimplyMepis' monitor and graphics card detection isn't so hot and the Nvidia accelerated drivers turn the screen so dark it's unusable. So I ended up going back to Ubuntu. It just works, even with the annoying changes they made to the repositories. The fact is, out of the box it has the best detection and ease of setup of any linux distro I've ever used. Many other so-called desktop friendly distros lack Ubuntu's polish and seem to be plagued by one show-stopper bug or another.

So anyway, I did finally get Java installed. :)

My new comic is taking a bit longer than I expected and I still need to finish up a few bits on my new website. Stop by, check it out and drop me a line and let me know what you think.

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