Educating Myself in the Field of Computer Technology

Ok, as I have mentioned before I'm not a big fan of Microsoft computer software, so I use Linux Open Source software. I have been recycling and refurbishing older computers for a few years trying to learn my way around the hardware aspect of it. Now, I think I'm ready to tackle some of the software side of it. I have been dabbling in it a little, not enough to crash a computer.

Here is the link to my desktop screenshots, after I figured out that I could do that little deal. Who ever came up with the screenshot software is much appreciated. It helps me record the different versions of Linux I have tried. I pretty much have everything to my liking on the desktop now, as to what I like a setup to look like. The only thing I'm changing now is the backgrounds.

My latest recycle project is now fully loaded with the software I enjoy using, my mail clients, web browsers and media software, everything is set-up.
I may install the Google Gadgets software to see if I might like them, will let you know how that works and take some more pictures of them. There are a few more packages I'm wanting to try out though. My next project is learning to transfer all my web browser bookmarks to this desktop. While I was at it these couple of days, I also changed my blog site a little, background and style.

For those of you who might be interested this is Linux Mint it's became my preferred distribution of Linux. I am especially fond of the XFCE version, but I have almost all the current versions on file. I have Google Desktop installed on Konqueror it's a file manager/web browser in one, and I also have Kontact for my email/office client. Most of the KDE software I have is used for work related emails and web searches. I do enjoy the ability to mix and match from different desktop environments of Linux.

I haven't learned to use terminal to install my preferred software, so I am  using the synaptic package manager and the software manager. Most of the Linux distribution have some form of installing packages this way.