2 years ago I was a burgeoning 18 year old geek.
I was happy running my little home built optiplex gx 1, a dual boot system with 2 hard drives one double partitioned.
Extra space, ubuntu/fedora (based on wether at some point that month I got "I FORMATTED IT LAST NIGHT?!?!?!" tired from sleepless nights of working and learning), and an xp install I kept only for flash, which I actually KNEW how to use...
and then it happened. I was planning to move in with a friend and my mom didn't like him, so the day before we took a trip to my grandparents house miles and miles away.
No problem! lets get my life on track again, I can run a dual boot of fedora on the pc here, install flash on the other OS, and its actually good news! there's a college here I can take some classes get back on my feet and WTH? I'm living somewhere else, miles and miles away,
okay, i can do this I can WTH? grandparents again? JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So I worked and saved and worked and saved and hoped and worked and made enough money for a cross country bus ticket to a friend I met online (big leap of faith there!!!) who would help if I helped back by working for his landlord.
That was 2 years ago and the shellshock has worn down enough that I'm beginning to go back to learning so I can eventually make money with this.
A simple/shared pc currently dual booting between windows 7 and ubuntu...
I liked fedora, back when it was fedora core, and when they made the name change.
Ubuntu was always good, easy, there for me.
I was thinking of trying gentoo, because Theis pc has an internet connection that would FINALLY let me install it.
I mainly plan to use it for java development/trying out open source vector animation and illustration programs and blender, etc.
All of them would excel at that, but I don't know which to use after 2 years of being out of the OS loop.
I wish there was a point system here for keeping my hard drive throughout it all (week in a shelter included) for 2 years without being able to use it, til the final plugging in and it has been through a too much abuse, wear and travel to work anymore.
