Having now eschewed Windows for Ubuntu I have been having some major stumbling blocks to overcome. The most intense and serious was the fact that every time I dumped my Firefox profile into the directory it caused my passwords to no longer be visible. I have fought with this for the past day and a half and finally made the decision to just uninstall Firefox and reinstall. I then moved my password file over and started the program, it worked and I could finally see my login listing. I kept moving files over and then boom, it didn’t work. So after a couple of install/uninstall cycles I managed to finally get my exact profile form my old Windows Firefox to my freshly installed Firefox on Ubuntu.
This was all a lot harder than it should be but it has been a long as time since I have been “more involved” in my computer and OS. I haven’t been using the command line much and there are so damn many little commands that can do extreme wonders in Linux. It is a total throw back to the DOS days.
I am finding that it is a bit of a pain in the ass to adjust the gnome desktop fully. I am trying to get my icons on the desktop to not be the size of a ping pong ball even though they are set to the “small” setting. Everything I am finding is not doing it for 18.04. But such is the trials and tribulations of an OS switch.
I am thinking I may go ahead and install kubuntu alongside the current ubuntu. I am a bit more of a fan of the kde environment than the gnome. But this is all stuff that I get to play with now. The nice thing about Linux is the ability to install many different versions on the same hard drive and be able to boot to whichever I want.
I am beyond happy that I have a binder full of "Linux Fundamentals" and a bunch of cheat sheets for various commands. This has already helped me 8 different times today. While it is not all fun and games, this is getting me away from the micro soft dick, one step at a time.
Seriously, Fuck Windows!