Long Hiatus and a Gibbon with Guts

Well it has been quite some time since I have updated my blog. Many of you have cursed me out and hinted (or flat out told me) that I should just get rid of it, but I will do no such thing. I am not one to quit something, especially when I am told to do so. Ef that. So what you may ask would bring me out of my long silence. Well I finally received my CD from Canonical today and decided to throw caution to the wind and give Windows the boot. As I write I am currently running Ubuntu Linux ver. 7.10 aka Gutsy Gibbon. So far I am enjoying it, though of course time will tell the whole story. Networking is much more intuitive, as I had to do no configuration of my wireless shy of providing the authorization code for access. Of course there is the tediousness of setting everything up like e-mail and instant messaging, but that has been relatively painless. I haven't tried anything that requires the terminal yet, but I am sure that it is only a matter of time before that is needed. I will try to keep everyone posted as to my progress with the new system and the pros and cons as I see them. BRB.