Linux OS and Everything Else

I am always downloading and trying out new Live Linux cd’s and sometimes dvd’s - it’s so fun. Half the time I test one and so much fails to work or impress me - it’s the only time I boot it. However, today one of them actually made me split my Puppy Linux Drive in half to make room for an actual hd install - No way - yes Way. I was so impressed with Myah OS that I actuall fired up gparted - shrunk my puppy and installed Myah to my drive. It is very smooth - my YouTube test work - meaning can I play a video and hear sound - yes  I can. It has a nice unique package manager that at least I have never seen before - works very well. Cool Cartoonish looking brightly colored FUN Wallpaper  - I am all about fun!!
It is not all perfect - the software add/remove is somewhat limited - but I found enough of what I needed - everything I installed seemed to place itself in my menu except for streamripper - I have not rebooted yet though - and possibly strearipper might be run from command line? Not sure on that. But , overall - very nice - and worthy of my hd space.

Where is everyone getting XP Antivirus? So many people are getting infected with this thing right now - you can call it a virus or malware or extortion who knows? Some people think Microsoft is trying to get them to buy it because it has the letters XP in it. Windows XP Service Pack 3 still seems to be causing problems right now. I am only installing this on new builds that are not AMD. Linux is finally easing it’s way into the mainstream - I don’t know if this is a good or bad thing. With the Asus mini laptops really catching on , now several other companies are going to release similar products with Linux. At this moment I bounce between Vista, XP, and 3 versions of Linux : Freespire, Ubuntu, and Puppy - they all work great for me but I tend to be in XP overall more than the others with Puppy being the next. I like Puppy because I can play with it - in a technical nature - and the boot time is extraordinary.

I found an interesting website tonight called SocialSpark at http://socialspark.com/
The sites claims to bring together bloggers, advertisers, and social networking which sounds like a great
concept to me. I signed up immediately , let’s see what goes down.
Also, in the name of social networking - if anyone is interested in music collaborations of the strange kind
see www.mudballrecords.com then leave me a reply here. I have ideas for new projects but would be better if I had others involved.

I was looking at an old copy of Fringeware Review from 1996 the other day. They had a catalog in the back pages with some software on floppy disk for $60. This made me wonder what good software might be out there from 95 - 98 era that may now be in public domain and furthermore might run flawlessly on Puppy Linux or (pick your version) under Wine or whatnot. Something to ponder anyway.