The Shrine

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>So Linksys changed the chipset used on their Wireless-B Notebook Adapter line, and surprise, surprise, the driver support is practically nonexistant. I swear to god, my next computer is a fucking Mac. Unix + shit just works = good.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>That's odd. Linksys even has driver support for FreeBSD, which is a fucking rarity. And hey, you can buy a Mac and all, but "One Company to Rule Them All, and in the Darkness Bind Them".</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>Basically, I can rely on Windows and Linux, or just Mac OS X. But, that's rather a non-issue. I'm not getting another computer for years and years. Meanwhile, I'm returning this router and card.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt "EngraversGothic BT", "Copperplate Gothic Light", "Century Gothic"; text-align: left; '>Who says you need Windows? Mac OS and Linux have about the same amount of software, except you don't have to pay for most of the software for Linux.</div>

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>We use Linux exclusively in the CS department, and I do all of my work on Linux, so I'm very familiar with what's available. And I still want to have Windows around when I need and want it. (Unless, of course, I had Mac OS X.)

There's also the issue that getting things to work on Linux is quite often a huge pain in the ass. I really don't like having to compile my own drivers.

Don't get me wrong; I love Linux. It's a fantastic open source operating system, and it's great for what it is. But it pisses me off when stuff doesn't work.</div>

<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>Anyone tried Star Office 7.0 yet? I hear great and wonderful things about it.</div>