First Blog on the "New " computer

I plugged the new computer in tonight and only ran into a few glitches... I am currently typing this blog on the new computer so all is good for now... I am running updates to Ubuntu and installing all my firefox friends, but all is good in my world... well in my computer world.

I'll post tomorrow regarding the Mommy life (I'm trying to recover emotionally from today on the Mommy front..) Raising boys in more than a full time job, it is hazardous to one's health.

Old Computers salvaged and running smoothly...

You guys know I don't have new computers.... so today I pulled out my laptop (vintage Windows ME installed originally) and started tweaking... I am deleting as much of the Windows as I can (I still will have Windows on the machine for 3 programs that depend on it...) but hope to run Ubuntu as the main OS. Currently I'm running Ubuntu from CD (amazingly enough my CD-Rom drive is actually working today...). I can't believe how much smoother this poor laptop runs even running from the CD... I have 3 tabs of FireFox open and haven't seen any slow down... I don't have much else running and I'm working my graphics stuff on the desktop today (can't run anything else or it will overload... )

Next project, try to reclock the processors in both machines to see if we can't get a little more speed and response out of them... Some day I will be able to afford a newer machine (custom built to my specs with lots of RAM, and lots of Graphics RAM, tons of Harddrive, and a quick processor...)