Newbie in Love

[Chanchao]

Hello Richard,

Thursday, January 19, 2006, 4:16:00 AM, you wrote:

RCJ> what to install on it. A few months ago, I ordered a
RCJ> bunch of Ubuntudisks (with the intention of using them, but never
RCJ> did), so I decided let metry Ubuntu “Breezy Barracuda” on this
RCJ> machine.

Honestly, does anyone else agree that 'Breezy Barracuda' has a more
kick-ass ring to it than that fruity looking badger..? :-)

(Let's do a request for less nerdie-lady names for future releases.)

RCJ> Then I decided I would throw it for a loop and connect
RCJ> aninternal BenQ DL DVD+-R/W burner that has been converted to an
RCJ> external usbdevice. Surely this will cause problems, right?
RCJ> WRONG! Much to my utterastonishment it detected, installed and
RCJ> opened the disk that was in the drivewith NO PROMPTS at all. Now
RCJ> keep in mind, I still haven’t rebooted sincethe initial boot to
RCJ> start the install. How can this be? WindowsXX could neverdo this,
RCJ> NEVER EVER NEVER! I have to be dreaming right!

What you're writing is actually so perfect you must have gotten that
feeling that you're in a horror- or disaster movie and something
seriously creepy is going to jump at you and rip you and your
barracuda to shreds.. :)

RCJ> PS – I will be making the switch to Open SourcePERMANENTLY
RCJ> thanks to Ubuntu. I will also advise everyone I know to make
RCJ> theswitch too. In fact, any computers I build for now on will
RCJ> come pre-installedwith Ubuntu if I have any say in the matter
RCJ> (customers may not like that idea).

Well give them the option.. If they want Windows it costs US$150 (or
so) extra. And there's no warranty on messing it up. :)

Thanks for your post!!  Made a wonderful and positive start of my day!

Cheers,
Chanchao