Hello there, Lubuntu! Lookin' good...

There's such a clean feeling that comes with the completion of a new OS install. Everything's up and working satisfactorily, basic settings have been adjusted, and the computer's running fast and happy. It's a good thing. Now let's see if I can convince an 11-year-old BIOS that it really does need to read a USB flash drive.

One More Reason I Love the Open Source Community

Not once in all of the years that I have been using Linux (Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, Puppy, etc.) have I encountered a deceptive service. A few times, I've been asked to contribute to the development of a program or distro, but I've never tried to update the software on an important piece of hardware only to find that the manufacturer links to a third party that will run a diagnostic test which then leads to a paywall.

This is why people quit Windows and never look back.