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Ubuntu 10 Looks like it‘s ready to go, even if the graphics driver took ages to get installed. The only glitch is having to type Control-Shift-U-2018-enter just to get a (proper) apostrophe (which Facebook doesn‘t like when commenting, as it thinks it‘s a hard return). No one seems to have a speedier way, unless I begin reassigning keystrokes (not a bad idea). Other than that, it‘s a fairly practical tool to have and I don‘t mind having it as the second OS on this system.

And, unlike Ubuntu 11, it works.

I‘ve downloaded the Gimp, which might be something else I will play with in the near future.

I also have to give props to my colleague Steve Matteson for his Liberation typefaces. They really are quite wonderful, especially the sans serif. Proof that you don‘t need to create something as ugly as Arial to get a type family with Helvetica metrics.