Every time you go on a long trip, it’s always great to come back home. That’s how it is with my return to Linux Magazine. After two long years, I’m back in the business of writing a column, and I’m as happy as a clam. I’m clearing off my old dusty desk, restocking its drawers with Penguin Mints and Instant Ramen, and firing up every piece of computer hardware that can run Linux that I can get my hands on.
Every time you go on a long trip, it’s always great to come back home. That’s how it is with my return to Linux Magazine. After two long years, I’m back in the business of writing a column, and I’m as happy as a clam. I’m clearing off my old dusty desk, restocking its drawers with Penguin Mints and Instant Ramen, and firing up every piece of computer hardware that can run Linux that I can get my hands on.
What’s that you say? Hardware? Weren’t you the “Desktop” columnist, you know, the dude who wrote about stuff like the “Tao of Ximian” and the “Zen of KDE?” Didn’t you write insipid crap like “How to Love Your Office Suite” and how to “Dress Up Your Desktop with a Seasonal Flair”? Yup, that was me. But now I’m getting back to my roots, coming out of the closet as a die-hard hardware freak. We’re loud, we’re proud — so get used to it.
Nothing turns me on more than the soft whir of cooling fans, the blinking of LEDs, or the high-pitched whine of a 10,000 RPM Ultra 320 SCSI drive initializing on power-up. I want everything in my house to be hooked up to my IP-based KVM switch. I have enough computer case carcasses in my basement to start my own public landfill. I get chills when I see 21-inch LCD monitors with digital inputs at Best Buy, I drool at ever-increasing Gigahertz speed ratings,…
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