UbuntuStudio: Greatest thing since sliced bread!

Holy (insert qualifying explicative of choice)! I’ve just spent the last few days setting up UbuntuStudio, and sweet Georgia peaches; my eyes have been opened to a brave new world of tender loving functionality. I’ve glimpsed a hint of just what that Linux penguin is always smirking about and I like it. I know that this must sound stark, raving mad, but I honestly feel something akin to a changed man.

While traveling abroad as a student, some of my cohorts in crime would often speak of this semi-mythical occurrence known as your “European moment.” It was supposed to be the sum epiphany of understanding and fully appreciating another culture for the first time.

Standing in the center of Venice’s St. Mark’s Square, surrounded by pigeons and the ethereal musings of string quartets, it happened to me. I just wanted to grab hold of the first girl I saw and dance the night away.

I think that I’ve officially had my “Linux Moment.”

Counter-intuitively, I think that this whole Linux/GNU/open-source phenomenon actually does have everything to do with ownership. For the first time in my life, I feel that I have some personal stake in my OS. It just makes me what to go out, grab hold of the first penguin I see, and dance the night away.

-mixtape

Post Script: Many thanks to all the good folks that contributed to UbuntuStudio. You all go largely unapplauded for the creating the best thing since sliced bread!

~ by mixtape on October 20, 2007.