Technology, Open Source and Shiny Things

The first time that I used Linux was mid 2006. I had heard about Linux from a couple of people but never really done much investigating myself. One day I was listening to the Maccast, one of the few podcasts out at the time, and the host had some news about the bootcamp beta. Someone had triple booted a mac with OS X, Windows and this thing called Ubuntu.

Well this got my attention I started googlingaround for this ubuntu thing and was really interested. Once I installed it I fell in love. I started learning everything that I could about Linux. Tried different distros and window managers. I tried KDE 3 but it seemed too much like windows and I could spend days configuring the thing. So I stuck with Gnome for two years.

Almost a year ago KDE 4 came out and it was a bit rough, with good reason, anyone who used it would notice the massive changes and give it some time. Well I have been using the 4.2 beta for a few months now and just upgraded to the final release. It is now my desktop of choice and moreover I see so much potential for it going forward. Truly I am a Konvert.