Jack’s Site

It’s almost done!

Just a few things left to do and it’s all ready, can’t wait.

I’ve decided to finish off my VizziHost website and get it up and running, It’s about time I did that too, not many low-price hosts out there…

Let me start off with saying the first time I tried Ubuntu which was Ubuntu 4.10 “Warty” I didn’t like it very much, then a few versions later I tried it again, I thought it was better but still wouldn’t use it.

But at version 7.04 I just had to say I like it, Although I was and still am using Vista, so that doesn’t really count, then 7.10 came out so I downloaded it and tried it and I ran into problems downloading packages I wanted, at first I said this isn’t very good, but the next day I thought I’d give it another try.

This time I was able to download and install the packages I wanted, so I hooked it up to my 24″ Widescreen LCD, got a nice wallpaper and enabled the desktop effects, now almost every if not all Windows users would love to have something similar to Compiz, and as a Windows user I absolutely loved it, even though I had played with it on version 7.04 and Fedora, I liked it more this time around.

Also as a Windows user and I’m sure there are many others like me out there, I have to admit if and only if I didn’t play games and use programs that were made for Windows only, I would use Ubuntu, and I’m not joking around here, I swear to god(and I hardly believe in that) I would use Ubuntu, honest.

When you think about it, Microsoft takes its time developing its operating system, and when people start to complain and move to other operating systems they start to rush and drop vital features, thus turning their next version of Windows into a piece of junk, for those with Vista you know what I mean, for those who haven’t used Vista, try using Windows ME with a nice shiny interface.

On the other hand, Ubuntu releases are merely months apart, and each update makes it much, much better than the last version, get more people to sell PC’s with Ubuntu or another Linux distro on them and I bet more people will switch to Linux.

The only thing holding people back is that not all the good programs like Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Flash that people love are made for Linux, and the fact that not one kick-ass game has been made for Linux, Of course I’m speaking about Battlefield 2142, Half-Life 2 & episodes, and many many others.

Judging how the launch of Vista was, the next release of Windows will probably boost the count of Linux users even more than Vista, unless Microsoft perform a miracle and actually develop a usable and more stable operating system, or do what the guys in Antitrust did.

Well, before I end this post I’d like to write this down as I just thought of a great idea for those with multiple computers like me,
Get your 2nd best computer, backup every bit of data on it and install Ubuntu, then set it up as if it were you main PC and use the Windows box whenever you need it, Just like I’m planning on doing.

I’ll finish off with a screenshot of my Ubuntu desktop.

Received my package containing my TK Armour kit today, unpacked it all and, well I’m going to be busy for a while..

Check out the photos on my Flickr 

Launched Steam today and remembered that it was the 11th here meaning its the 10ths in the USA, release of the Orange Box.

So I waited for the files to decrypt or whatever they had to do and then starting playing, I must say it’s actually pretty damn cool, I didn’t stop playing until the credits came up on the screen.

Heres a YouTube video of my favorite level.

In the past few days I have sent and received so many emails,
I like to think “I have mastered the email profession” hahah…

Twivo is being put on hold, as well as my other projects while I sort out some non-computer related things, like my Stormtrooper costume.

I’ve always wanted to be a Stormtrooper, dress up in the white armor and go out places in it, well now I just might be able to.

I’ve been searching the internet for a set of armor and found what appears to be the best I can find for a good price, now all I have to do is order it, wait to get it then put it together, then hope I can get into the 501st Legion.

Wish me luck.

As we draw closer to the release of the Orange Box, I started thinking about buying it, so I checked the price at my favorite game store GAME,
and was stunned at the price they have it listed for, $99 dollars.

Now before I say what I think, lets take a look at the price of it on Steam, $49 US dollars,
now who in the right mind would pay $99 when they can buy it on Steam for $49USD? better yet, $45USD if you pre-order it.

You could say it costs more because of the conversion from USD to AUD, but that would bring it to $55AUD,
It seems GAME like to overprice things a little too much, 60 or even 70 would be fine, but $99? I’d rather buy it on Steam.