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<blockquote data-quote="piperbarb" data-source="post: 256633" data-attributes="member: 12214">1-29-14:Almost forgot to get a photo for the day.&nbsp; My new toy arrived this afternoon, and I have been playing around and setting it up since I took it out of the box.&nbsp; It is a Dell XPS13 developer edition running Ubuntu Linux.&nbsp; It is very, very nice.&nbsp; Worked out of the box.&nbsp; It even found my wireless network and let me connect as easily as my Mac has done.&nbsp; I had gotten so disgusted with our IT department and the total moron who who causes more problems than he can fix.&nbsp; He is on a power trip and is a control freak with no idea of what we teachers need and use.&nbsp; He actually tried to get us to put all our lessons in a community folder that everyone could access, delete, modify, or just generally mess up.&nbsp;&nbsp; Put that together with someone who has no idea what he is doing, and it is a recipe for disaster.&nbsp; I was a programmer and systems administrator for 23 years before I became a high school science teacher.&nbsp; It is not that he is just some arrogant, young hotshot.&nbsp; He is way older than I am, has the personality of a troll, and assumes who whole education department is filled with clueless losers.&nbsp; Okay, enough of my rant.&nbsp; Below is a not very good photo of my new toy.&nbsp; It is so nice, fast, and has a super sharp screen,&nbsp; decent battery life (Linux is not known for it's optimized battery life, that's for sure) of about 6.5 hrs, and boots up in just a few seconds.&nbsp; I think I am in techno-gizmo love.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />My New Toy[ATTACH]69827[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="piperbarb, post: 256633, member: 12214"] 1-29-14: Almost forgot to get a photo for the day. My new toy arrived this afternoon, and I have been playing around and setting it up since I took it out of the box. It is a Dell XPS13 developer edition running Ubuntu Linux. It is very, very nice. Worked out of the box. It even found my wireless network and let me connect as easily as my Mac has done. I had gotten so disgusted with our IT department and the total moron who who causes more problems than he can fix. He is on a power trip and is a control freak with no idea of what we teachers need and use. He actually tried to get us to put all our lessons in a community folder that everyone could access, delete, modify, or just generally mess up. Put that together with someone who has no idea what he is doing, and it is a recipe for disaster. I was a programmer and systems administrator for 23 years before I became a high school science teacher. It is not that he is just some arrogant, young hotshot. He is way older than I am, has the personality of a troll, and assumes who whole education department is filled with clueless losers. Okay, enough of my rant. Below is a not very good photo of my new toy. It is so nice, fast, and has a super sharp screen, decent battery life (Linux is not known for it's optimized battery life, that's for sure) of about 6.5 hrs, and boots up in just a few seconds. I think I am in techno-gizmo love. :) [B]My New Toy[/B] [ATTACH=CONFIG]69827._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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