#006 - 03/12/2024

Good Bye Windows

I just deleted the Windows 10 partition that had been living in my computer completeley rent-free for years. I should have done that years ago, but I just kept it there out of aprehension and anxiety, I guess, in case I ran into some big wall with Linux or decided that I really needed Windows for some important project that could only be done with Windows exclusive software, but I don't think that will ever be the case. After 4 years of using Linux excluvely I think I can finally let go. The final straw was that there was some problem with the updates and every time I booted Windows it would take about an hour trying to update and then ran into some problem and had to 'undo the changes'. So there. No more Windows taking up space for free in my PC.

I'm still using primarily ArchCraft with bspwm window manager. It takes a little getting used to, learning where all the config files are and all, maybe not a distro for beginners, but its great. I'm beginning to understand how all Linux distributions are one OS and the distros are more like using different themes.

Lastly I countinue on my Linux/IT learning curve. Of course just by using Linux —and one of the not-so-user-friendly distributions at that— you learn a lot about it. It's one of the things I love most about Linux, how it encourages the user to learn much more about the inner workings of their system, even on the more mainstream distros it may not be entirely obligatory but still encouraged. I've been focusing on networking and cyber-security lately. Networking is a very complex and daunting topic for me, I can barely say that I get the fundamentals, but there is something fascinating to me about being able to understand how computers communicate.

Now there's a big empty hole in my hard drive with the name 'unallocated', what should I fill it with?