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So this is my first post of September. It is also my first post from my Linux box. And by "box" I mean a virtual machine. No, I have not taken the plunge and installed Linux on an actual computer.

VMware is a wonderful thing. So is Mandriva Linux LE 2005. Why did I choose Mandriva, you ask? No particular reason, other than that I've had some minor experience with previous versions of Mandrake (version 8, I think), so it seemed like a natural choice. I also played around a bit with Fedora Core 4, a distribution I understand to be something of a "testbed" for Red Hat. Well, I didn't like it much so Mandriva it is for now.

I've got things set up pretty much the way I like them. Actually, that's not too difficult - as long as Opera 8 is installed, I'm doing great. Thankfully Opera is available for many OSes, Linux being one of them. The Linux version, I'm proud to report, looks identical and functions just the same as the Windows version does. I also have OpenOffice 2.0 installed although I can't seem to get my printer working through the virtual machine. So I guess if I get the urge to type something in OpenOffice, I'll just have to gmail it to myself.

I'll be doing another Google post soon - this time tying together all of the ways that Google runs my life - including my takes on Google Desktop 2, GMail, Google Earth, Google Talk, and of course Blogger. That'll be exiting!