Linux

I have always had a fascination with Linux. I have tried puppy Linux, Ubuntu Linux, and Small Linux. And by tried I mean put the Live CD in my CD drive and fooled around with some programs in the operating systems for an hour or two. Thought I have never surfed the internet with Linux. Strictly offline. It was so exciting for me to use some of the programs and just to look around.

I suppose Linux sounds so interesting to me because of the name, the mascot, and because you can try a lot of the Linux distros for free. I don't know if I will ever use a computer that runs Linux for my everyday computer but, it would be cool.

Puppy Linux

I found out about puppy linux from about.com Linux. What amazed me was that puppy Linux was so small and had a good number of programs that came with it. I have downloaded two versions of puppy Linux. Puppy Linux is the Linux distro I have used the most.

When I first went to the puppy Linux site I wanted to download puppy Linux so I did and burned it onto a CD and set my computer to boot from the CD drive. I rebooted my computer and puppy Linux came on the screen.

I wanted to see if I could get on the Internet so I tried setting up the modem, but puppy Linux did not support my software modem. I was disappointed that I could not get on the Internet, but I did play with puppy Linux a little. I had a blast using a text editing program and writing html, css, and javascript and then using a web browser to view the web page and just playing around with puppy Linux. Puppy Linux was fun.

Damn Small Linux

I can't remember how I found out about damn small Linux. Damn small Linux is a small download. So I download Damn Small Linux and put it on a CD using my CD-RW drive.

I've tried the OS a little, but I have not used it much. I didn't try Damn small Linux that much because my CD ROM drive is loud and I hate listening to all the noise. I don't think I can boot from my thumb drive so I can't put it on that.

If I ever try using Damn Small Linux again I would put it on a thumb drive or install it on my computer. I'd love to install Damn small Linux, but I am not sure it would support my modem. Some day I hope to use a Linux distro every day.

Ubuntu Linux

I heard about Ubuntu Linux form about.com freebies. I have always wanted to try linux, but most of the distros are to large to download on dial-up and also most of the distros I saw cost money to get a cd shipped to me. Ubuntu was different I could request a cd and have it mailed to me for free so I ordered 5 cd's. I was so excited when the cds arrived. I could not wait to try Linux on my computer.

I put the live cd in my cd drive and went through the set up, but I could not get Ubuntu to work on my computer. Well I think it did work, but I could not get the x server setup right. I think it was a problem with the refresh rate on my monitor. I looked on the Internet to see if anyone else had the same problem and how I could fix it. I did not find a solution to my problem.I probably did not look that hard thought. I tried setting up Ubuntu a few more times with no success.

Someday I want to get Ubuntu working on my computer so I can try some of the programming tools that are suppose to come with Ubuntu and I also want to lean what I think are called shell commands. I also want to surf the Internet and use blender on Ubuntu.