Ah sweet Hardy Heron.  (Ubuntu 8.04)
You solved my probles with the Creative Zen 4G.  After upgrading my 7.10 install to 8.04, and reinstalling Amarok I not have some pretty decent support for the Zen.
Colour me impressed.
I’m liking Ubuntu so much, I’ve been inspired to go out and pick up a 24″ widescreen monitor for it.  [...]

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In the last week, since I’ve made the full switch to Ubuntu, I’ve started asking myself this question, do I need Windows.
So often when I had that other boot option my though was Yes, I need Windows. “I need this program or that, I need to do that thing that only Windows can do.”
As the [...]

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So I’m still off windows, and for the most part feeling fine.
There are some things I have liked and some things that have been a challenge…but on a whole, I’m still quite happy as a windows free user…
Things I like:

Firefox…A hint of familiarity for all my web browsing needs… Widows or Linux
VLC media player…My person [...]

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So on a sleepless Sunday morning, I did it.
I decided to run my windows updates, which I have not done in some time.
This certainly seemed like a fairly standard and normal thing to do, something I’ve done countless times before. But Sunday, it was different.
Everything ran through fine, downloading, installing, and then….the reboot…Oh you bastard [...]

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This is my new favourite sport…

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Welcome to the home of extreme ironing - the latest danger sport that combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well pressed shirt.

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