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So I got a laptop. Then SUSE linux is now installed on it. Woot.

So I've been playing around with it recently. I wanted to get it to be able to run my own personal web server and play around with new programming languages. The problem is... I'm having trouble connecting it to the internet. Ah well. I'll clear it up eventually, I hope.

Java feels really bloated. I've been experimenting with Ruby and Python and I like those quite a bit. I've also been dipping into Common Lisp and... it's different. I also want to try Haskell for a different kind of functional language, but I think I shouldn't overload myself. I should work on one thing at a time.

Back to linux... Windows is user-friendly in that it helps you do stuff, but it makes it difficult to do other things. Linux is user-friendly in that you can do a lot of stuff with it, but you have to have a bit of knowledge on how first.

This distro actually reminds me a lot of Windows. It has it's own style, sure, but it's not too much of a paradigm shift.

It's weird having two keyboards though. As I research stuff on this computer to use on the other, I sometimes find myself typing on the wrong keyboard.

Also, it's a bit of a hassle not having a router. I have to switch the connection from the back of the desktop to the laptop to test out the connection then if it fails (which it has always done, so far), I need to switch again to research online. Hopefully I can get the problem worked out soon. It worked on windows, so I know the connection is there. I just need to get the settings right in the controls.

But anyway, that's the story of my first experience with Linux.

On a separate note, I think I may need to modify the tag system. The tags on the side are growing too long.