For reasons I will not get into now, I have been spending some more time in Vista lately to get accustomed to it. As a user who’s been 100% dependent on Linux for a while, I have a personally customized Linux environment that I set up on every system I run — it’s my comfort […]

I recently acquired a new machine, which has the following specs:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
3 GB 800mhz DDR2 RAM
Sapphire ATI X1550 512MB PCI-E XFX NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS 512MB PCI-E
WD 500 GB SATA II
WD 250 GB SATA (I)
The machine came with Windows Vista Home Premium, and almost as a reflex, I removed it immediately in favor […]