Linux

So, I've started using Linux recently. I was always a little interested in using the OS since i have friends that use it a whole lot and often say how linux > windows in a big way. I first gave it a go for a short while in the summer holidays (which were really great btw) and used wubi to install ubuntu. Wubi turned out to be an awesome way to try out the OS quickly and simply. Long story short changing distros on a wubi install is a bad idea, so I got rid of the thing and didn't go back for a little while.

Summer holidays ended and I suddenly realised: shit i have zero time for gaming. Then i remembered what a pain it is to get most games running on Linux. How inconveniently convenient! With the help of my friend Dan (who advised kubuntu as opposed to ubuntu) I installed kubuntu properly, with a disc partition and stuff. And when I say I, I mean he did it all for me...

Anyway using kubuntu as a tool to stop myself gaming and keep my focus on college work as well as general computer usage has turned out really well. So well in fact that I dread going back to windows now.

Yeah this all sounds like a massive advert for Linux but its totally true. Linux has its issues sometimes, and setting it up requires a certain level of skill, but once you get going its an awesome environment for everything. Without going into massive detail Linux just feels up to date, cutting edge, smooth, easy, fast, intelligent... with only a couple rough spots, most of which are compatibility issues anyway. Srsly so many awesome features, get it now

P.S.

We don't update much because our lives are so interesting and full of things to post about that we don't have time to post about these interesting things.

Black Pus - Down down da drain / Bark of the tree 7"

This came in the post yesterday, sorry for the horrible pictures, the art is great but my camera didn't do it much justice.

The front

The inside

The back

The record

I love this 7", brilliant no overdub drum/voice/synth from Mr Chippendale.

http://www.myspace.com/theblackpus

Ornette Coleman - Dancing in your head

Picked this record up cheap at ely market today, the other side is red and upside down, so you get 4 faces for the price of one. Really great jazz record here, 2 standard uplifting tracks of jazz with a short bout of free in there at the end, totally worth a listen.

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Dead Arse

This is a colaborative campaign for Left 4 Dead. Luke (Sherb) is the designer and Matt (Ketchup) is the maker. The campaign will consist of 5 maps like Valve's ones. Unlike Valve's campaigns this one has a very steep difficulty curve. The campaign consists of:

Chapter 1 - 50% made

The survivors crashed their all-important car in the city just a few miles from the rescue zone. They must find their way in the maze that is this poorly planned city. They're led to the rooftops to a saferoom marked by their military saviours.

There are currently some screenshots on my xfire account (likely to change).

Chapter 2 - Being designed

The next checkpoint is a little way out of the city towards the suburbs. The city is in ruins and burns on the horizon. The sketch shows cars on a raised highway that veered offroad into surrounding buildings (click to enlarge).

Chapter 3 - Being designed

Beyond the eerie suburbs the docks await. The survivors must struggle through large dockland warehouses and suchlike at the waterside before they can reach their naval escort out of there.

Chapter 4 - Being designed

Shock! Horror! The battleship has been overrun by zombies! The survivors search the ship for more survivors, or a radio, or an abandoned escape boat, or other generic hope.

Chapter 5 - Being designed

These are some lucky survivors! There is an escape vehicle ready to go, but not before the entire zombie nation is alerted.

For more information and discussion see this thread. From now onwards we will be posting updates on the campaign when we feel like it.