Well I decided to dive head first back into using Linux as my primary desktop. I had moved away from using Linux as a desktop solution because I got myself a new MacBook and have been exploring OSX. I chose to reformat my MacBook and try and see if I could solely use Linux as my desktop for the first time ever (instead of dual-booting).

I picked Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) as my Linux distribution simply because is quickly becoming the distribution I am most familiar because I use their server products at (and am very impressed). I thought about trying Fedora (my old favorite) but I think I would like to try out the new version on one of my desktops first.

One of the two main reasons for trying to free myself was because to this point I have never used a graphical version of Linux on modern hardware. I wanted to try out all of the cool things that Linux bring to graphical user interface (namely Compiz Fusion). The other reason for trying to free myself is because of how poor of a community participant Apple is. Apple will take the best from the Open Source community and give little to nothing back; I couldn’t take myself seriously as an Open Source enthusiast and use OSX as my primary desktop.

I am not sure if I will be able to keep Linux as my only operating system on this laptop. There are some very specific things I need to be able to do considering I use this laptop at home and work. Time will have to tell on this one. I plan to follow this article with some articles about specific issues I have had and how I have overcome them.