Evasive Measures

[tealin]

1. Download and install Firefox (it's just better anyways)

2. Download and install Adblock Plus

If you're logged in you can't see 'em (for now) but following the above instructions should eliminate the ads from the side of my journal, only slightly messing up the formatting of the page.

Curse you, LJ – your antics have not perturbed me until now.

Comments

[moonmystique.livejournal.com]

I wasn't able to use the new version on firefox on my new computer cause vista is stupid and keeps closing it. Oi.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, VISTA. Vista is EVIL. I think I remember hearing something about a way to circumvent that ... they might have it on the Mozilla site somewhere ... [is not helpful at all]

[moonmystique.livejournal.com]

Mmyah. And it doesn't help that windows xp and lower aren't going to have any technical support anymore so it kinds forces people to get vista.
What kind of computer/operating system do you use? I'm looking into other options, thinking about returning the vista computer.

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I got XP on my laptop last summer (paid extra for it because it was supposed to come with Vista). Apparently now you have to pay an arm and a leg for XP but people still do because it's worth it. I've been using a Mac at work for about a year and after an initial honeymoon of blissful Mac love I still like XP a bit better. Linux is bloody annoying; don't go there unless you're a programmer or something.

As for tech support, well ... how much do you actually use it? The help files will still work, they just won't keep sending out updates and doing online support stuff. I wonder how much XP piracy will explode when they finally cut it off ...

[moonmystique.livejournal.com]

The laptop that I got 3-4 years ago all of a sudden has been dying; the keys don't work all the time, and the battery's shot, when I barely ever used it. Though i did some research and it's apparantly the model, it heat up too much and just fries the inside. So I really needed something new for school, and my dad wanted me to have something that's top notch, BUT that means it's a Vista. And 64 bit, so I basically need to up grade all my software eventually to 64 bit. And my scanner no longer works with the computer. I'm just so not computer-knowledged to know what to do; the Mac G5 is about $1,800 more expensive that what I've already paid for (2K, which is a lot of money for something that annoys me).

BUT in anycase, my bf's roommate said I could get a more customized computer for cheaper if I get someone to build it for me, and he's into that kind of stuff, so I'll have to look into that, hmm.

(Oh and one of my friends got Disney's Story apprenticeship/internship this year, so you'll probably meet him later in the year when it starts)

[anathelen.livejournal.com]

If you're doing basic computing (spreadsheets, word processing, internet surfing, listening to music) you can install Ubuntu Linux (http://www.ubuntu.com/) on your computer with an hour or two of help from a reasonably computer literate friend. No programming knowledge is required and it looks and runs nearly identically to OSX or XP's graphic user interface, whichever you want. It comes with all the basic kinds of programs a Windows operating system does and the programs are much better designed than Vista's are. There's great security and community support as well, and since Linux manages computer resources better than Vista your laptop will run faster without getting your hardware upgraded.

Unfortunately, if you're using more advanced software that you can't get in the Linux community (Photoshop/Flash/video games) you'll have to run a Windows emulator like Wine (http://www.winehq.org/) on top of Linux to 'fool' the Windows program, which gets a lot more complicated and might not be worth the hassle and complexity for the average computer user.

[moonmystique.livejournal.com]

My laptop has XP which I've used for years an lover, but my new desktop has vista. So yeah I work with PS and Flash and a bunch of other programs like Maya, so I don't think I'd have the paitence or time to figure out how to work it with Linux. But thanks for letting me know 8) I may just end up learning to accept vista, until they come out with something that's not so ridiculous.