The latest strategy in my battle against getting laid consists of trying out Linux. I’m really not hard to please when it comes to my expectations for a computer, it’s just that mine is admittedly getting a little long in the tooth and I’m not in a position at the moment to replace it, so I figure what the hell, I’ll try another operating system. The image of the Linux loser is still pretty intact in my mind, if only because it’s not a very newb-friendly environment to jump into without some sort of google-fetched floaties to keep one from drowning in technical jargon.

So far I’ve managed to get mp3s playing in Linux and have been able to import mp3s from my Windows drive (no small feat considering it took several google searches, a couple submenus and a cut ‘n’ paste into the terminal to get things rolling). The aesthetics are pretty nice, but it’s all still sort of a maze for this fish out of water. It is sort of odd to be out of my element, though. I don’t really use my PC for much besides music, internet, email, etc., so those basics are still pretty easy to get a grap on with Linux, it’s just the whole installing, command lines and all that other shit I can’t seem to grasp so far. The only physically annoying thing about Linux is that it has my PC’s fan going all the time, whereas it was only on during startup in Windows. I guess time will tell whether or not I attempt to make some sort of switch or stick with what I’m used to, but I’m sort of leaning towards the latter at the moment, though I’ll probably leave it on my computer if only to learn a little more about it.