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    August 17

    Blogging from the new Linux box

    现在是在客厅的沙发上写这篇东东。

    这台Sony VAIO是几年前还在Stanford读书的时候在一次Laptop硬盘崩溃后我急匆匆地跑去CompUSA买来的,名字叫Memory (我所有的PC的名字都是M开头的)。那时候这台VAIO也算是顶级配置了,之后就一直跟着我直到07年初我换到了现在的主workstation:Moon.

    那以后Memory基本就是半退休状态,我只是偶尔会在上面打一会儿游戏或者online poker. 

    前两天再次开机的时候被弹出的Norton Anti-Virus的警告框吓了一跳,反正我用过的电脑上还没出现过如此五花八门的各路病毒,而“老迈”的它也是举步维艰,几乎连启动都很困难了。

    于是我决定索性重新把系统刷一遍,以后就放在卧室或者客厅使用,VAIO轻便,正好合适mobile workstation的角色。

    顺手查了一下,发现Linux Mint正好在5月发布了最新的v7 Gloria,于是决定装这个号称最elegant的distro。

    现在新的系统已经跑了两个星期,感觉很满意。有时候在客厅看电视的时候突然想查些什么东西或者做些什么事,就不用再跑回书房去了。5年前的once-top-of-the-line的老机跑跑Linux也是正好,要是跑Vista这个beast,还不知要关掉多少"special affect"。Win7倒是也可以跑起来,不过我可能打算重新买一台laptop作主工作站,那台东东再跑Win7吧。

    新的Linux box上装了两个新的软件。一个是SMPlayer,这个播放器很好很强大,有兴趣地可以试一下,smplayer不在Ubuntu(Mint是Ubuntu的一个变种)的默认package里,所以你要设置一下PPA,然后再sudo apt-get install smplayer 就行了:https://launchpad.net/~rvm/+archive/smplayer。另外SMPlayer其实只是一个前端的UI shell,后端的core用的是老牌的mplayer。不过Ubuntu附带的mplayer有点老了,所以我还是费了点时间用PPA安装了一下最新的mplayer版本,这里可以找到instruction: https://launchpad.net/~rvm/+archive/mplayer

    另一个软件是听到诸多好评的中文输入法叫做iBus,这篇blog就是用iBus写的,果然用得很舒服。

    Holy shit, I do not realize how geekish this post is till now. All right,就此打住。

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    Lin Yangwrote:
    改了半年linux内核现在忘的有点干净的老杨飘过...
    Aug. 30
    Demon Foxwrote:
    @ Linna: Yup, yup, : )
    Aug. 28
    linna huangwrote:
    终于又看到你的blogLa~
    linna
    Aug. 27
    Demon Foxwrote:
    Haha, is that because building from the source takes too long? It must be what you do every time you make a software from scratch, no?
    Aug. 18
    Yu Wangwrote:
    Y3, 我本来打的是。。。。。./configure; make; make (something); make install....后来觉得可能会被绿掉。。。所以就没有打 something。。。
    Aug. 18
    兴 兴wrote:
    茫然地顶~
    Aug. 18
    Demon Foxwrote:
    @ A: 我在微软intern在先(04年夏),去Stanford在后(04年秋)。

    @ Peter: nice paradox~
    Aug. 17
    Annie GUOwrote:
    有一句说一句。
    “在Stanford读书的时候”,就是MSFT的忠实员工拉?随便拉壮丁找理由也要找个像样点的嘛。

    Aug. 17
    Peter Qianwrote:
    太geekish了。所以我决定不回帖
    Aug. 17
    Demon Foxwrote:

    王小虎BSO自己懂怎么build from source,鉴定完毕。

    Goden, 我用"M"开头是因为自己是Microsoft的忠实员工,而你显然是Google派来的卧底。
    Aug. 17
    Goden Yaowrote:
    都是"M"开头的,有古怪阿。。。我的都是G开头的....
    Aug. 17
    Yu Wangwrote:
    ./configure; make; make install
    Aug. 17
    Mira J.Zhaowrote:
    cool~
    Aug. 17

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