iSean

i am demonstrating something in my class right now:

so, i purchased Parallels for my Macbook. Parallels is an application that allows me to run Windows on my Mac. i was able to take my Virtual PC install on my main computer and copy the Windows and Parallels recognized it on my Macbook once i copied it over. i had Windows up and running inside of an hour. Windows runs far, far better than it ever ran in Virtual PC, fwiw. and, i am running XP as i am in no hurry to try Vista. but, the installation was so easy that i decided to try Linux as well. i chose Ubuntu as the distribution to install on my Mac. i literally hadn’t played with a version of Linux in about 6 years. Ubuntu really seems ready for prime time. with Vista doing so poorly, i am now starting to wonder if open source solutions are going to start creeping into the forefront for many businesses and schools. many people use Firefox . . . runs great on Ubuntu. i have email, a photo editor and many other apps. and Ubuntu runs fast on my Mac. i find myself spending hours in Ubuntu. i think i’ll only keep XP on the off chance that i need the PowerPoint viewer to view a new PowerPoint 2007 file. nothing else. perhaps i’ll ditch PowerPoint full time and go with spresent instead from now on in my classes? it’s not open source, but it’s free and keeps me out of XP. heh. anyway, back to my point . . . i think open source is on the move especially if Vista doesn’t gain traction.

on a side note . . . this short 6 week semester online class is kicking my tail. everything is accelerated. on top of that, i start a 2 week compressed graduate course next week, so i have been reading like crazy to try and get up-to-date material injected into that curriculum. i have come across so much neat stuff that i can’t wait to get back to blogging more regularly in July. Stay tuned.