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I’m still trying to install a Linux distribution on my laptop for school since it is much better for programming, but I always seem to run into problems. I had Slamd64 setup and sort of working and tonight I just installed Fedora Core 4 (both for x86_64/amd64) which is working rather well. The only problem I always seem to run into is that the built-in wireless card and also the touchpad never seem to work properly. The touchpad this time is making my browser go nuts when I use it. So, I am considering just installing regular ole’ Slackware since it is something I know and drivers work well for it. But then what’s the point of having a 64-bit processor? Well there is none at the moment, the drivers and programs never seem to work properly for it. And cutting-edge isn’t so great because manufacturers refuse to provide drivers that work in linux by either making them open source or supplying multi-architecture ones.

 That’s what makes me angry with Microsoft and their stranglehold on the Desktop Computer market. We’re all stuck with the x86 architecture since all the programs are compiled and run on it. And until recently have we begun to switch. But what if we want to switch in the future? Its going to take lots of hours and hard work to port all the code over, which just won’t happen, so we’re all stuck. What we need in the computer industry is some software that can keep the sourcecode recompilable on the user end and safe for companies to release this to the world. Which again, probably will never happen. </rant>

So. I like computers