So it’s been awhile or should I say quite a long time since the last time I wrote to the blog. I introduced some new stuff in my life. There’s only one new addition but it is two new different experiences. The new stuff would be a new laptop.
It is a brand new (that is new from the store) Acer Aspire 4315. People would be amaze by the spec but whatever, it’s new! The best thing is I got it for free. My father signed up for some long-term savings account at Ambank under my name. Free laptop was part of their promotion so here it is. I don’t care about the savings account though. The laptop runs on Intel Celeron 2.0 GHz and 512MB DDR2 (this sickens me) with features like intergrated webcam, wireless and DVD-RAM.
I actually quite fond with the design. The PVC (I think) surface looks great with the Acer’s logo made from aluminium. As you can see, the keyboard is white and the whole interior except the LCD. The exterior is in black
It came with Linpus Linux. Got rid of it and installed Windows XP. I wanted to install Vista but I hate it. And the other new addition is Ubuntu I’m using Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron” to be exact.
This is my desktop. I customized it a bit with new theme and wallpaper. Ubuntu is Linux-based operating system. Ubuntu is just another distribution. Linux is pretty damn complicated and it showed when I first run it. I can’t get my wireless running until 2 days later.
This is desktops when they are ‘exposed’. I love the virtual desktop feature. The graphics are amazing. They are more advanced that Vista I guess. I could run those basic Vista’s GUI features like Flip3D and even more! I got my Ubuntu from www.ubuntu.com, downloaded the .iso file (disc image) and burned them into a blank disc. My Ubuntu was installed via Wubi, to make life easier. I also ordered the free Ubuntu LiveCD just to make sure I got the hard copy.
So that’s all for this time. Hope that I could right more after this.
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Deposinye banyak mana Zul? ada lg x promotion ni. Sampai bila. Aku berminat la….
Rasa xdak dah sbb dia ckp yg ni last unit. Aku x sure pak aku tanya kat sapa sbb dia yg handle semua ni.
finally, you’ve updated.