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A inceput vineri cand am vazut pe facebook o intrebare “care este demonstratia oficiala pt Arafat, ca s-au propus 2?” Mi-am zis ah, cat de tipic romanesc. Sambata seara aveam drum prin oras si cu mirare am constatat ca nu am putut traversa in masina piata universitatii. Nici o pb, am mers pe jos, pe langa trupele de jandarmi care incepusera sa vina. Deja de duminica au inceput telefoanele, am dedus eu ca s-a dat in direct la tv (n-am tv si ma amuza mereu cum orice ajuns pe sticla capata proporti gargantuesti). Deja pe luni era clar, se protesteaza. Mergeau (si merg inca) la proteste oameni de langa mine. M-am bucurat nespus.
Chiar daca era evident ca partidele din opozitie vor incerca sa se puna in fata oamenilor nemultumiti si sa profite pentru cateva procente in plus la sondaje. Chiar daca nu exista acum solutie politica (voi merge ca de obicei sa votez, desi n-am inca idee cu cine). Chiar daca nu avem o clasa politica adevarata (si am vazut de cateva ori reactia tinerilor entuziasti cand au vazut cuibul de viespi din organizatiile partidelor cu traditie).
Ma bucur de demonstratii. Ma bucur ca traiesc intr-o democratie. Ca pot sa scriu liber pe net parerea mea proprie si personala despre asta. Si ca si altii pot sa faca acelasi lucru.
Si ma bucur ca in sfarsit romanii au iesit din apatie. Foarte tarziu, dar mai bine mai tarziu decat niciodata. Cum sa nu traiasca politicienii intr-o bula de sticla, daca nu ne aud niciodata?
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Dupa o iesire de test la o alergare pe banda, a doua zi o ora de aerobic si a treia zi la piscina … am febra musculara, si ma simt fizic tare obosita. Uitasem ce bine e 
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Its just perfect.
The install was smooth, no errors at reboot, then when I saw the clean look I breathed with ease.
Within seconds I was able to set my 5 workspaces, and not for long I had the top bar moved to the left and all my shortcuts working. I succeeded in half a day to reinstall all my working environment (including an Oracle database …), my email accounts, and make everything work. It’s true I had lists with all the steps (from previous ubuntu updates), but nevertheless, it was very fast. Everything is not as before, but much better than before. My mouse is working fine, my windows have scroll bars, the pdf viewer is not twice as wide as my desktop. It comes by default with Pidgin and Banshee is not installed by default (what a relief).
It gave me joy and made me remember my first install of Mandrake, Gentoo and then Ubuntu in the good days before the infamous unity. It’s not a technical review but a very subjective one, but I surely had the feeling the guys from Xubuntu are on the right track.
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Very tired of the ubuntu interface problems I said to myself to change things in 2012, so i tried Linux Mint 12.
First, I tried with naivity to use the cd. The dvd gave a write error and the cd waited a thousand years to boot, without luck. So I wrote myself a bootable usb. Will never try to boot from cd again.
Then I started the install, which went quite smoothly but afterwards it did not boot. The error was nice, event though I don’t have a clue what it means “GRUB: invalid arch independent ELF Magic error fix”. I found fast the solution: to reboot from usb and reinstall grub:
sudo mount /dev/sda6 /mnt
sudo grub-install –root-directory=/mnt/dev/sda
It gave me an warning but it worked.
Then searched the Update Manager and updated packages.
Next: I need gnome2 looks (i’m too old for gnome3 …)
the package is called mint-meta-mate
I installed it but could not find where to change the system to use it.
I tried to set my 5 workspaces, but couldn’t, to find on the internet that once you open a window you get an extra workspace. It worked, infinite number of workspaces but not 5 
It was very jumpy and the gnome 3 interface was making me very nervous.
Then all went for the worse: one usb stick refused to work completly (never to recover again), the other was painfully slow. I set my favorite shortcuts but the settings worked only after a reboot. At boot I saw strange error messages, and afterwards all seemed to be out of place. I could see any time at least 4 types of fonts and font sizes on my screen, nothing was unitary. It was plain ugly. I had a nervous meltdown, started to search for alternatives on the net and decided to give next day a try to xubuntu.
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Un an nou minunat, plin de bucurii si optimism!
Si ca sa incep anul in forta, am citit o carte pe nerasuflate:
http://www.amazon.com/Court-Jester-My-Story/dp/1438987943
Mos Craciun deghizat in Amazon a venit la fix Mai nou are ruta si pe la noi…
p.s. pe dl. Bahrami l-am vazut live la Bucuresti toamna aceasta aici, sper sa mai vina si in aprilie
