Linux is pretty cool. I enjoy the operating system immensely when I am not trying to modify anything because everything works great. However, when you try to install something or modify the system beyond the trivial, all this "sudo" "xorg.conf" stuff comes up which confuses the hell out of me.

I love the idea of open source software, and I like the whole ubuntu philosophy. It is so anti-establishment but in an intellectual sort of way and not in an obnoxious, attention-grabbing manner. For example, many people can just drift through the internet without the open source community infringing on their lives in the least bit. Yet it is so powerful and useful as well, allowing so much productivity/creativity to occur without draining everybody's pocketbooks in order to do so.

I was so enthusiastic about the whole idea that I wanted to start learing how to program. Python is where I wanted to start, but I don't think I'll ultimately have the time to do it. Why start a project that you know you cannot commit yourself to? I guess it will just be an armchair hobby.

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