Ubuntu, Housing and Swarthmore
Danton, my primary laptop, is now running the Hardy Heron in beta. I finally threw in the towel and downgraded to 32 bits, which means that I can now run flash in full screen mode and play myspace music but have to settle for EAX where I once had RAX. Also, no more fancy compile flags for specifying platform. There are definitely improvements in the new version, including a far superior Firefox 3, an IDE for Ocaml in the repos, and a much clearer GUI. It actually feels polished, like a Mac. One of the most interesting features is that large file copies and package management are designed to run in the background, with an icon in the status bar and good progress dialogs. I also managed, though this is probably unrelated to version, to get printer support working for the dorm printers.
As for housing, I'm blocked with Erik, Eric and Erin for the ML quad. Summer looks like it may actually have worked out, but I'm still keeping my fingers crossed.
I've been thinking recently that one of my problems might be getting too fixated on college. Given that I'm halfway through, I should be thinking about preparing for the outcome. Swat tends to have many alumni who hang around afterward, but I have too many plans to give any extra years to this place.
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