To try to broaden my Linux horizons, I wanted to try out a different distribution. Most of my Linux experience has been with one Redhat release or another (Redhat <= 9, Fedora Core 1-5, RHEL 3/4) and, to a lesser extent, Mandrake. I have installed Suse only to blow it away (had no use for it). I hadn’t looked into Debian, Gentoo or Ubuntu. Until now.

A co-worker told me that he replaced his Fedora install on his laptop with Ubuntu and was really happy with it. So, I fired up a Parallels session on my Mac Mini and decided to install Ubuntu Desktop 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake).

I must say, it was a very pleasant experience…
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After reading The Dark Knight Returns, I had to get my hands on the sequel: The Dark Knight Strikes Again.

Set three years after The Dark Knight Returns, the government is working to stifle peoples’ freedoms. The president is a puppet of Lex Luthor and Brainiac. Superman seems to be a puppet too.

Batman, Catgirl (Carrie Kelly) and their small army of “batmen” and superheroes (Green Arrow, Atom, Flash, Plastic Man, Elongated Man) fight, again, to right the world. In their way is Superman, who is being blackmailed with the miniature city of Kandor.
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