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Ok, I have done the deed and formatted my harddrive. Of course I have made a back-up, doh!

After listening to Hugh’s preaching  i thought about installing ubuntu linux.

It is a beautiful system, installed unbelievably fast and does not require many resources.

I fully intend to use Ubuntu or a similar system in the future.

However, I am for the time being going back to Windows XP. Yeah, Ubuntu recognised almost all my hardware automatically, but it missed out one vital bit. My printer. After longwinded searches I found out that my printer is effectively a paperweight.

Excuse me? As long as I cannot use my existing hardware for everyday jobs, I am going back to the industry standard. Sorry to be a sissy in that regard.

Also, why is it so incredibly difficult to create a simply install file for a linux system? I have nothing against fiddly bits, but hey, not when it comes to installing something like democracy, or thunderbird.

Yes, I know there are ways described to install these things, but if they don’t work it does not exactly motivate during a trial.

Anyway, with those few exceptions, I am well impressed with how far linux has come. I will give it another go when the next version comes out.

Three men have been stabbed in a shop a few metres from where I work in Camden Town. What fun to live in a civilised society.

The BBC has the story.

While we are at Birthdays, all the best and everything you wish, most of all a happy birthday to my good friends Nico and Marcel, both from Germany.

The world would be a poorer place without you.

Yeah, it’s my dad’s big 70.

All the best and many happy returns.

Just in case you were wondering, the official home of the crazy ones is still online and will be online forever.

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