I took my netbook out tonight to a local restaurant. I had some work to do in Dramatica. Unfortunately, that application only has Windows and Mac versions. So I booted my netbook to Windows 7 Starter instead of Kubuntu and did my work. Windows said it needed to download and install some updates, so I allowed it to do so, figuring that was important, especially being on a public network. Oddly enough, the restaurant had some kind of problem with both its restrooms. So I did my work and then it was time to go. It was time to shut the computer down and go home. I also had to piss really bad, and the restaurant was without restrooms. So what does Windows do? When I hit the shut down command, it takes FOREEEEEEEEEEEEEEVVVVVVVVVVVVVVRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. It had 15 updates to install. After 15 minutes of me sitting there having to piss, stupid Windows was only on update #4 of 15.
I considered forcing the computer to shut off, but that could have screwed up the Windows. Fortunately, I had been working plugged in and my battery was fully charged, so I ended up just taking the computer with me turned on. I could not put it in its carry case because I wasn't sure if that would shut it down, so I put it on the floor on in front of the passenger seat and protected it with its carry case, my backpack, and cloth grocery bags. I stopped off and used the restroom somewhere and headed home, a 20 minute drive away. When I got home, Windows still was not done with its updates. It only finished a few moments ago while I was writing this.
I appreciate Kubuntu's update system. It updates and then you're done. There's none of this, "Surprise, surprise, you don't get to shut off your computer until we say you can." This experience was only irritating to me. It could have been worse for someone who needed to get to an urgent meeting or to the airport, etc. If the battery weren't charged, the computer could die, trashing the OS and then the person is screwed for his important meeting in which he probably depends on that laptop. It makes me wonder who at Microsoft thinks this is a swell way to design an operating system.
I think I'm going to write to the makers of Dramatica again and beg for a Linux version. I would pay for the whole thing again if it meant I didn't need Windows to run it. I've written them before. I'll just have to grovel and beg. There is no Linux equivalent to Dramatica. None. I tried a few apps that supposedly were like it, but they paled in comparison.
Another option would be for me to buy a Mac just for using Dramatica. In fact, the Mac version is superior to the Windows one. The Windows version hasn't been updated since 1999, but the Mac one recently was. Of course, that's an expensive solution.
One day I would love to be totally out of the Windows world and no longer subjected to the, "Let me spend an eternity shutting down just to drive you nuts" message.
I considered forcing the computer to shut off, but that could have screwed up the Windows. Fortunately, I had been working plugged in and my battery was fully charged, so I ended up just taking the computer with me turned on. I could not put it in its carry case because I wasn't sure if that would shut it down, so I put it on the floor on in front of the passenger seat and protected it with its carry case, my backpack, and cloth grocery bags. I stopped off and used the restroom somewhere and headed home, a 20 minute drive away. When I got home, Windows still was not done with its updates. It only finished a few moments ago while I was writing this.
I appreciate Kubuntu's update system. It updates and then you're done. There's none of this, "Surprise, surprise, you don't get to shut off your computer until we say you can." This experience was only irritating to me. It could have been worse for someone who needed to get to an urgent meeting or to the airport, etc. If the battery weren't charged, the computer could die, trashing the OS and then the person is screwed for his important meeting in which he probably depends on that laptop. It makes me wonder who at Microsoft thinks this is a swell way to design an operating system.
I think I'm going to write to the makers of Dramatica again and beg for a Linux version. I would pay for the whole thing again if it meant I didn't need Windows to run it. I've written them before. I'll just have to grovel and beg. There is no Linux equivalent to Dramatica. None. I tried a few apps that supposedly were like it, but they paled in comparison.
Another option would be for me to buy a Mac just for using Dramatica. In fact, the Mac version is superior to the Windows one. The Windows version hasn't been updated since 1999, but the Mac one recently was. Of course, that's an expensive solution.
One day I would love to be totally out of the Windows world and no longer subjected to the, "Let me spend an eternity shutting down just to drive you nuts" message.
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