Pinky, originally uploaded by tamihania.

Nice macro taken in Sandvika, Norway. On the way from Kolsås – hm – toppen… I did not manage to the top though…

I became officially a part of Fluxbuntu Documentation Team

I hope to contribute a bit to the Fluxbuntu Wiki… And – no – I am not a kind of “fan-boy” LOL

In fact I “play” with more than one distro (for now – Fluxbuntu and Zenwalk)

And – I just want to help the projects, which, I believe, can change a bit the future of f.i. my son…

Have as nice day as me,

tami

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1. First is Fluxbuntu – as Linux fans already know it it is a derivative of Ubuntu. BUT – as I found out – MUCH QUICKER, LIGHTER and – much easier to install than the “big U/K/Xubuntu brothers and sisters”. It was the first Ubuntu I managed to install with graphical installer…Taking into account that Fluxbuntu is under heavy development and the version installed by me is pre-released one I think it will be a GREAT DISTRO!

2. Second one is the newest Zenwalk 4.0 – and what can I say? I tried Zenwalk few times in the past – beginning from version 2.8 – this time the distro seems to work even FASTER! The nicest thing here is that EVERYTHING is working out of the box – at least for the kind of user like me – rather average one . What I also like a lot about especially this version of Zenwalk is THE LOOK and FEEL of it – fantastic graphic work. What’s more – the look does not affect the efficiency – computer is running as smooth with and without “special” effects (built-in composite in XFCE and Fluxbox) and – as the fan of Fluxbox – I immediately installed it – nice thing here is that Fluxbox is the newest, pre-released version – much better than the older one

Shortly speaking from now on my distro’es of choice are Zenwalk and Fluxbox – both installed side by side on the separate partitions of my desktop and laptop. And – NO! – I am not a geek…LOL…not at all! I am very average computer user “playing” with Linux distro’es for a 1/2 year now – you see – it’s possible! Thanks to the developers of such Linux distro’es as Fluxbox and Zenwalk

So – back to the subject of the entry – I decided today to “create” another blog – this time devoted fully to “tami’s adventures in Linux Land” in other words – to small howto’es and tips for persons as me – not very “tech-savvy” but wanting their computers to work without the glitch to be able to use them!

Link: tami’s adventures in Linux Land

Many kind and friendly greetings to all from,

tami

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I guess I am going through changes – as probably usually in the beginning of an Autumn… And Autumn is beautiful this year… It was a lot of sunshine here. Have you noticed how pretty it looks when sunrays play “hide & seek” with the rain drops…?

It has happened a lot since I’ve written last time – many good news… Some sad ones…

Today I would like to share the sad one. One of my old friends has died last week. She emigrated for long time ago to Switzerland. I lost the touch with her… But she was one of those important persons in your life who influence you and leave only good memories. She was the most optimistic child I met being the child myself… Despite all and against all odds – she was always in a good mood… We were having an exteremly good time together – mostly making stories and living in our imagination… She had fantastic imagination…

Ania has emigrated more than 20 yeras ago. Having not enough money she did not visited her parents often… I only heard so called “news” about her – that she has child…another one…that her life is difficult…because her first kid has Down syndrome… that she does not get enough help from her partner… that she tries to study while working… I think she fought a lot… with the destiny… perhaps – too much… I think she was hearted… too much… and – could not cope with that… could not FORGIVE… Is it always possible to forgive…?

Ania – Zyzio died on cancer. She suffered a lot. Good-bye Aniu… I hope that you will forgive me for I think I disappointed you… I made some picture for you – I know that it’s too late…

-Flock – web browser

-Checkgmail – instead of e-mail client

-PCmanfm + Xarchiver – to browse files

-Open Office – for work…

-Orage – to manage the time…

-Gimp – because I like it a lot (instead of games)

-gThumb – brilliant photo viewer and organizer

-Nice collection of terminals: aterm, Eterm, urxvt

-gFtp – to upload some pictures…and download…

-VLC – to watch films

-streamtuner + BMP – listening to the music – mostly Internet radio

-Gaim+Skype – to communicate with my family and friends

-zim+tomboy+freemind – to write and learn to my heart content

…and that’s it… I like it!

…and it looks quite pretty, too:

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I created and posted first time here in February this year. I think I was still dual booting with Windows…and to tell you the true – being a Windows user you are not smart, you are “spoiled” a bit…and…ufff…you are lazy…

Anyway – the place here seemed too complicated and too less visually attractive those times…lol So – I kept using Opera blog and Blogger – the places are simply made for people without much requirements, not willing to tweak a bit…and last but not least – not prepare to read!

I suppose we all are a bit spoiled – we believe everything can be done by think-less “point and click”…Nevertheless – the results are as the method – “brainless”…

I converted exclusively to Ubuntu/ Linux in March – yeah, yeah, yeah…this is possible and – this is not so difficult. What’s more – it gives you much more possibilities!

You see – I am an amateur photographer… My photos are the very important part of my life – not only them – also the pictures created digitally in the computer… Many people think it’s impossible to have as much fun playing with pictures in Linux as in Windows…lol….and I know it is not truth!

…I just want to point out that I am not a pro… just an amateur – but – I know and I was using Photo-Shop… but the newest

GIMP

gives you really A LOT of possibilities and, of course – it is FREE…for Linux as well as for Windows users…(check the link – “click” on GIMP…)

I will try to show here some possibilities the GIMP and other free software is giving for digital photography and pictures enthusiasts…Some of those will be created by me, some by my friends (some of whom I “converted” to free software…and Linux…)

…and why I am doing it…? He he he – because I realized one thing – at least in my case, I changed my attitude towards computer using and became a bit more creative after changing OS (operating system)… I think it’s simply a bit healthier… that’s all…

Have a nice time and best wishes from

tami

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You are welcome to use it as the wallpaper…just hoping somebody would like it…made in GIMP on Fluxbox/ Ubuntu

Enjoy!

tami

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You are welcome to see some of my pictures:

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