I ran into some issues with Windows Firewall (which I disabled) last night, so I trashed windows and installed Fedora Core 6. It took about an hour to get the whole thing installed (including openoffice and more development tools than I know how to use). About 15 minutes later, my browser was good to go with all the needed media plugins, and I’m back up and running.
I’ll still be using win for development at work, unless I end up taking the Java route. If that happens, I’ll request a nix rig or maybe a mac for development. Of course, streaming content to my xbox and most pc games will require a windows installation, but I can just use virtual machines for that.
Last night, I had about enough of my pc telling me what I HAD to have installed and running. Now, I’ll be the one telling my pc what it has to have…even if that means a week of downtime here and there while I figure out what the hell I did to fry my linux installation.
