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Data from the AJ's first Women in Architecture survey show that 47 per cent of women claim that men get paid more for the same work, and almost two-thirds believe the building industry has yet to accept the authority of the female architect
Nearly 700 women completed the survey, which quizzed women about career challenges as well as sexual discrimination, children, pay and role models. The survey was open to all women working in the built environment. The major investigation is part of a wider campaign by the AJ to raise the status of women in architecture, which includes the launch of three new awards (see report attached).
Worrying findings included claims by nearly two-thirds of women that they have suffered sexual discrimination during their career in architecture, and that 22 per cent experience sexual discrimination on a monthly basis or more often.
Zaha Hadid was named as the woman who had made the greatest contribution to women in architecture. But many felt that there was a lack of female role models, and Hadid drew divisive responses.
The Iraqi-born Stirling Prize winner was praised for showing how 'female architects can be well respected and successful', but criticised for failing to achieve a work/life balance: 'She has achieved fantastic things over the course of her career, but at what cost? Sacrificing family for your career is not being a role model.'
Eighty per cent of women thought having children put them at a disadvantage in architecture. In contrast, only eight per cent felt raising a family would harm their male counterparts' careers.
More than a third said that they had difficulty going back to work after starting a family, with many respondents lashing out at inflexible working conditions, 'long hours and expectation of unpaid overtime'.
Although around 40 per cent of all architecture students are female, just 20 per cent of British architects in practice are women, according to statistics from the ARB. Richard Waite
Women in Architecture Survey Results in full
The AJ Women in Architecture survey was open for one week to all women working within the construction industry. 671 women responded; 48 per cent were architects, eight per cent architectural assistants, and students formed 24 per cent of respondents.
Low salaries and the disparity between what male and female colleagues earn remains a major issue within the profession, and a source of huge frustration for many of those completing the AJ survey.
An astonishing 47 per cent of female respondents believed that they would earn more if they were male, with 44 per cent claiming that male colleagues who do the same or a similar job at their practice earned more than them.
Anecdotal evidence backed up these figures on pay inequality. One respondent who gained a distinction at Part 2 was offered a position at a leading practice, with a salary £3,000 less per annum than her partner, who was also a Part 2 in the same firm. She said: 'I negotiated a better salary but it was still £500 less than my partner, who only graduated with a 2:1 from the same university.'
Respondents' remarks on the perceived gender salary gap also suggested that men might be more brazen when it comes to negotiating pay. One woman said: 'Having to argue for every pay increase means some women are paid less. Men tend to find it easier to confront bosses.'
There is however a reticence to discuss earnings with colleagues, with 54 per cent stating that they did not think that everyone should know what their colleagues earned. Some believed that they will face disciplinary proceedings for comparing earnings, but since the Equality Act 2010 this has not been the case.
The level of pay in the profession generally was a concern for most of those surveyed. Nearly two-thirds of women, working both full- and part-time, earned less than £29,000 a year (60 per cent), with almost a quarter bringing in less than £19,000 per annum (23 per cent).
An alarmingly low nine per cent of those working full-time were earning between £41,000 and £50,000 (the typical pay for an associate being £46,000, according to the AJ100 median pay figures, see AJ 19.05.11). And just nine per cent of our respondents earned director-level pay, more than £51,000, suggesting the majority of female architects hit a glass ceiling at some point in their career when it comes to pay and promotion.
Of those women in full-time employment, 24 per cent earn between £30,000 and £40,000; the median pay from the 2011 AJ100 survey puts the average architect's salary at £37,000.
For part-time workers, salaries which might also have to cover childcare seemed particularly low, with the majority (26 per cent) reporting earnings of between £19,000 and £25,000.
Many pointed out that some women will have only just finished their seven years' training when they start considering maternity leave and the possibility of part-time work. 'You generally qualify in your mid to late twenties, so it does feel like you don't achieve a great deal before stopping.'
Thirty-five per cent of the women we surveyed thought that in the current economic climate, pay parity was likely to decrease. As one respondent noted: 'The recession will have a greater impact on women – the profession finds it difficult to accommodate part-time working, a much more important issue for women with young children.'
Nearly two-thirds of respondents (63 per cent) have experienced sexual discrimination in their architectural careers. Incidents vary from the subtle – 'being given more secretarial work to do than my male Part 1 colleagues' and 'difference in treatment on return from maternity leave on part-time basis' – to the blatant: 'I have been asked if I'm menstruating, been told my salary will be reduced as a result of being pregnant, and have been taken off jobs on site when pregnant.'
Fortunately sexual discrimination does not appear to happen often, with respondents witnessing it either 'very infrequently' (32 per cent) or 'never' (18 per cent).
Contrary to many of the responses from leading architects published later in this issue (see for instance Cindy Walters on page 46), respondents to the survey claim discrimination is more likely to occur on site than within the architectural practice.
As one woman noted: 'I've never experienced discrimination within architecture, but when working with builders this occurs approximately quarterly.'
Another wrote: 'Even if the people in your practice and your client respect you, going on a site visit dressed appropriately and trying to appear professional is somewhat undermined when you are being wolf-whistled at by builders.'
Little wonder then that only 17 per cent of women taking part in the survey believe that the building industry has fully accepted the authority of the female architect. Most, a huge 61 per cent, believe that this hasn't happened yet, while a further 22 per cent aren't sure.
Others believe that professional associations are to blame for the demise in the authority of both male and female architects because, as one woman puts it: 'Organisations that should be looking after the profession in the long-term (such as the ARB and the RIBA) are too archaic, and largely out of touch with the profession as a whole.'
Most agreed. A whopping 82 per cent said that the RIBA should be doing more to tackle the gender imbalance and improve the retention of women within the industry.
Raising a family and working in architecture is regarded as a big challenge for 80 per cent of women, who felt that having children put them at a disadvantage career-wise. By contrast, only eight per cent felt that children hurt their male counterparts' careers. Respondents reported that there are currently few practice-based part-time positions, especially senior project-based roles, so having children harms the primary carer by virtue of having to decrease the amount of hours they dedicate to the profession. And, as respondents stated throughout this survey, this still generally tends to be women.
Most part-time workers who took the survey were aged between 30 and 40, and more than two-thirds (69 per cent) had children. They comprise mostly architects working in the private sector (32 per cent) followed by partners, directors and sole practitioners (13 per cent). Of those who worked for themselves, 46 per cent said that they became self-employed or set up their own practice since becoming parents – although not always willingly: 'I experienced a lack of willingness to consider flexible or part-time working after I finished maternity leave, effectively forcing me to resign my post and set up as self-employed'.
However, others enjoy the freedom and flexibility that being their own boss can offer. 'As a sole practitioner, I am able to work the hours I want to. This may translate into less pay, but I like calling the shots.'
Another respondent found employers' fear of flexible and part-time work 'ridiculous in this age of remote access, iPhones etc'. She added: 'It is possible to arrange your week and manage your time to suit client requirements, but it takes a well-organised office which unfortunately does not describe many architectural practices.'
A male profession
'Architects are seen as middle-aged men in waistcoats and bow ties, and often are!' noted one woman. The architectural profession remains statistically male-dominated – and thanks to the recession it is now even more so. According to 2010 statistics from the ARB, 20 per cent of the UK profession is female – a rise of five per cent since 2008. The majority of respondents believe the profession is 'too heavily male' (63 per cent), although some stated that this merely 'reflects the work culture, its demands and a woman's other priorities'.
Some women outlined areas within architecture where women seem better represented – the 'design' side and the 'softer' side, such as residential and interiors. But it appears that some women are narrowing their field of expertise while still at university because, as one woman notes, 'it seemed like architecture was 95 per cent guys'.
The 'practical work' and being 'a lead architect on site' is something that more women would like to experience, but survey responses suggest that especially for those who work part-time, this still isn't an option. This might explain why most (55 per cent) felt that there are currently not as many opportunities for women as there are for men in architecture. Ann-Marie Corvin
No more excuses: we demand equal pay for women in architecture, says Christine Murray
Equal pay for women in architecture is not a luxury, it's the law
Women architects 'still face glass ceiling'
New findings: Women in Architecture Survey
Shock survey results as the AJ launches campaign to raise women architects' status
Readers' comments (4)
Most architects (male and female) do not want to admit there is a problem and you can't fix something if you pretend it doesn't exist. Architects see themselves as egalitarian but clearly the facts do not support this supposition. There is lots that can be done- other professions are doing a lot better.
I've enjoyed reading the article and agree with Ruth's comment about women working in other professions with the skills learned from the rich foundation that studying and practicing as an Architect provides. I'm sure this is not a bad thing. But I am not quite sure why the title of this article includes the word 'shock'. Draw your own conclusion. The reality is that these 'facts' have been known intuitively by women in may professions for years and run true for any culture where boundaries are defined by the physical attributes of gender rather than being understood as the leadership qualities associated with male/femaleness. It is not just women with families that experience the affects of this sort of 'discrimination'! So perhaps the solutions we seek to this age old question should embrace the broader social issue of diversity. The more important question for me is what we do as individuals when we become aware of what it feels like to be 'the other' - the one who is different......for whatever reason. And what are the women (and men) in leadership positions in all professions able to do that will change the way that we, both men and women, experience and understand the open/connected system that we live in in a more balanced way? If it is the responsibility of the RIBA (the RAIA in Australia and the AIA in America) to tackle this thought leadership issue, then it will probably take both genders in key positions to continue the dialogue if change is to be the least bit effective.
Great AJ issue on women in practice. Sadly, when the hard copy of the magazine arrived at the office a male coleague scanned through it quickly and then handed it to me saying "here, an interesting magazine for you". Someone missed the point here.
Having barbie on the front cover seems a little demeaning and contrary to the incredibly serious issues raised in the article
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Here's a humorless teetotaler, a plodding paper-pusher, a notorious killjoy and all-around fuddy-duddy – and you see his T-shirt on MTV's Spring Break revelers! Perhaps competent psychologists (if any exist) will explain this some day.
Che excelled in one thing: mass murder of defenseless men. He was a Stalinist to the core, a plodding bureaucrat and a calm, cold-blooded – but again, never in actual battle – killer. Che's true legacy is simply one of terror and murder.
That dreaded midnight knock. Wives and daughters screaming in rage and panic as Che's goons drag off their dads and husbands – that's the real Che legacy.
Desperate crowds of weeping daughters and shrieking mothers clubbed with rifle butts outside La Cabana as Che's firing squads murder their dads and sons inside – that's the real Che legacy.
Thousands of heroes yelling "Viva Cuba Libre!" and "Viva Christo Rey!" before firing squads of murderous drunks whom they'd have stomped in open battle – that's the real Che legacy.
Secret graves and crude boxes with bullet-riddled corpses delivered to ashen-faced loved ones – that's the real Che legacy.


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Technology has moved to the forefront of focus for many institutional product manufacturers in their latest offerings. Some of this is because the public is ready for this new wave; some of it shows us that technology has focused more on user-friendly, credible products. The key is asking yourself if these products will help drive your club's success.
At the recent International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association's (IHRSA) trade show in Las Vegas, smaller niche manufacturers showed off their new products on the show floor. As opposed to previous years when large equipment vendors dominated the show, smaller, newer players introduced an abundance of new technology for the fitness industry. Here is the first part in a two-part series on new products showcased at IHRSA:
Power Plate, Inc. (www.powerplateusa.com) uses vibration technology to train muscles. It has taken a foothold in many pro and collegiate athletic facilities and is now gaining popularity in health clubs. The technology uses different modes of vibration to stimulate muscle strength, help rehab muscles and aid in post-workout recovery. Although Power Plate has been around for awhile, the new twist on the system is that it now comes with software that uses a key card. This key card allows clubs to track and monitor users, helping to increase sales of packages that include the system. The card also allow users and trainers to program a variety of workouts.
Exertron Inc. (www.exertron.com) displayed at the show a new, patented exercise technology that can be adapted to any piece of strength-training equipment in a gym. The system uses intelligent variable resistance that reacts to the user's levels of intensity throughout a repetition. The unit measures current and past performance and provides encouragement to continually improve their "score," e.g. strength from workout to workout. Exertron uses equipment-mounted sensors to automatically adjust resistance for strength depending upon the user's exertion level. One of the "wow" factors of this product is that exercisers do not have to manually change weights because the machines decrease resistance as the muscle fatigues.
Korebalance (www.ast-group.com/korebalance) uses technology to assist with popular core training programs. Previously used in physical therapy settings, the machine will soon be available to health clubs. The main product uses a version of a stability ball that a user stands on. A hydraulic system moves the ball to facilitate different muscle stimulus. The product features a LED screen that the exerciser uses to move the ball through virtual sport or daily activities. KoreBalance is navigated by moving your feet and body in different patterns as dictated by the program on the screen.
CSI club management software (www.csisoftwareusa.com) takes a large leap forward in providing a much more robust version of its earlier software products with the Spectrum NG system. The product leverages Microsoft.net and SQL server to increase the number of activities that a club can manage and glean information from by offering a Web version of the product. The suite of possibilities includes accounts receivable, client contract programs, facility management tools, class and league scheduler, POS reporting, and even gift card management.
True Fitness and MYE Entertainment (www.myemusictv.com) have created a partnership that allows access to radio, TV and even a MP3 player by attaching a controller and optional docking station to True equipment. A club can create an audio and visual experience on its cardio equipment using a controller that is mounted to each piece of equipment to provide entertainment from LCD screens or wireless television systems. The system also offers an optional docking station for MYE's version of an MP3 player that plugs directly into the system.
Technogym Inc. (www.technogym.com) introduced The Wave, a cardiovascular machine that is a cross between an elliptical trainer and a stair climber but uses the lateral muscles in the legs, hips and buttocks. The machine moves up and down but while descending, makes the user push sideways. The product must be experienced to truly feel its motion, which uses muscles on the inside and outside of the legs that are typically not used on traditional equipment.
Look for more new technology products from the IHRSA show in next month's column.
Gregory Florez is CEO of FitAdvisor Health Coaching Services and First Fitness Inc., which was rated as the No. 1 health coaching online training service by The Wall Street Journal. Gregory can be contacted at [email protected].


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While the ultimate goal of the RCRA Corrective Action Program is to achieve final cleanups, we are measuring the intermediate success of the program against our GPRA goals. The program is monitoring intermediate progress by tracking two Environmental Indicators (EIs), the human exposure and groundwater EIs, which are the main focus of the corrective action GPRA goals. These indicators measure progress in environmental terms rather than the administrative process steps that were previously monitored. Measuring and recording our progress toward these goals will be a top priority for EPA and the States over the next several years.
You will need Adobe Reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA's PDF page to learn more.
- EI FAQs
- EI guidance (PDF) (17 pp, 52K) issued in February 1999; includes EI forms, flow charts and a memo signed by Elizabeth Cotsworth, former Office Director, Office of Solid Waste (name changed to Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery on January 18, 2009).
- EPA Spotlights Companies Pledging to Meet Corrective Action Environmental Indicators, October 14, 2003 (PDF) (1 pg, 21K)
- EPA Memo to RCRA Senior Policy Advisors Concerning Office of Inspector General Recommendations Pertaining to RCRA Corrective Action Environmental Indicators (September 25, 2002) (PDF) (2 pp, 18K)
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DUI stands for Driving Under the Influence and this can mean drugs or alcohol. If you are pulled over for this offense and cannot pass a test of exams, which are called sobriety tests and does not pass a breathalyzer then you will most likely be arrested. The breathalyzer test shows just how much alcohol is in your bloodstream and if it is over the legal limit, you are considered DUI. When this happens, you will need to get in touch with a DUI lawyer in Farr West.
When you first meet with your DUI Accident lawyer in Farr West, they will explain all of the possible scenarios with you if you are convicted of DUI, which can include:
• Fees
• Fines
• Jail-time
• Revoked or suspended driving license up to twelve months or lifetime suspension if they have repeated offenses
• A set number of hours doing community service
• Court ordered alcohol rehabilitation if you have many convictions.
The scenario can be one or more of these possibilities. If they are an experienced DUI Criminal Defense lawyer in Farr West, they will challenge the arrest. They will try to convince the Court to reduce the sentence or lower the charges. Many times the lawyer will dispute if the police officer was within their constitutional rights to stop their client's vehicle. The DUI Attorney in Farr Westcan give their client details on what sentence they can expect if this their first DUI charge or if this is just one of many DUI arrests.
When they go to Court, there are generally several hearings. It will start with a hearing at the Department of Motor Vehicles and the last hearing in the State or County court.
It can be overwhelming to choose a good DUI lawyer in Farr West, especially if this is your first offense. You could look for one on the internet or the phone book but the best way is to ask someone that you know who has been in this same situation. When trying to decide which DUI lawyer to hire consider their experience and fees because some will charge by the hour while others charge a flat fee.
DUI Criminal Defense Attorney in Farr WestChoosing and employing a criminal defense lawyer early on in any case is the best way to increase one's probability of success in any criminal trial. Many of the more prominent people in society already have a battery of lawyers at their behest that spring into action whenever any legal problem arises.You may not be one of these high profile people, and you may not have employed an attorney as of yet because a) you do not really have a need for them yet or b) they are, of course, too expensive to just have on hand. But even given this you will have to keep in mind that in the case of an impending criminal trial, choosing and hiring a good lawyer early on is your top priority.In fact, the outcome of your entire case may even hinge on whether this single matter alone. If you hire a lawyer early on, there is a chance that, due to his or her timely actions, there will be no need for any case and trial at all. You might just be able to dodge the bullet on time.Your choice of lawyer can also affect the amount and quality of evidence that is allowable by law to police and investigators. This alone is reason enough to hire good lawyers with good grasp of such kinds of investigation practice. If you have been watching enough trial TV, you will notice that many trials drag on endlessly only to argue whether an evidence is acceptable in the court of law.This is important because some cases decisions all depend on sometimes just one piece of crucial evidence in a case. If you do not have expert advice this early in the ball game then you might have just lost your case right on the outset.Whether or not you are in a bind to find a good criminal defense lawyer, it would be good to keep in mind these pointers on determining a good criminal defense attorney.1. Lawyer Specialization
Look at the lawyer's background. Does he or she have specialization in criminal defense? Just because on is an attorney does not mean that he or she automatically qualifies as a good criminal defense lawyer.Lawyers are a lot like doctors. And the legal field is pretty much similar to the medical field. There is a host of specializations and fortes making having one lawyer adept at all close to impossible. And in the same wise that you wouldn't trust a brain operation on a dermatologist, you should stick to a defense crime lawyer when you need such representation in cases.Also look at past case performance to see if the lawyer is fit to represent you fully in your case. If the lawyer has had experience in cases similar to yours, and has been able to perform well and respectably, then that would be a good thing to look out for.2. Try Him for the First 30 Minutes
You will probably decide whether the lawyer is worth it during the first 30 minutes of meeting the person. While the first few minutes of meeting will not give you an accurate gauge of the lawyer's services, it will still give you enough information to decide whether the person should represent you at all.Pay close attention to how the lawyer listens to you during the initial interview. Does the lawyer listen intently paying close attention to details and asking pertinent questions at crucial junctures? Or is the lawyer just blowing by the interview and missing important details?Look at the lawyer's body language as well; you will be able to find out whether he or she is interested in the case itself. If the lawyer is showing a little boredom at your case, then it would be safe to consider other lawyers for the practice - unless the particular lawyer is a known genius and pulls through even with such demeanor.However, if you want to play safe, then it would be a good bet to find a lawyer the listens intently, is interested in your case, and is not aloof and overbearing in dealing with you.3. Don't Be Afraid to Ask Questions
Do not, at all costs, be afraid to ask questions. Matters such as bills, scope of the case, payment details, and other matters should not be an esoteric exercise. Everything should be transparent and open.Your lawyer should not tire of explaining and elucidating legal terms and strategies regarding your case. It is your head, after all, that is on the line. The lawyer should cooperate and interact with you on the case.Conclusion
Good lawyers are not that rare. However, a good lawyer that fits your case and your personality perfectly is. Make sure you have enough time to choose and evaluate those that will represent you in the court of law.


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The latest version of the LastPass app for Windows 7 has now been published!
- Multiple bug fixes, such as improved support for multitasking
- Copy + paste support, now that Microsoft has built this into the platform
As mentioned in our previous post, you can launch the app and login to your LastPass account to view a full list of your stored sites. A small menu appears at the bottom of the screen, allowing you to select "launch mode" symbolized by a lightning bolt, in which tapping a site launches it in the embedded browser, or "details mode" symbolized by lines of text, in which tapping a site allows you to view the data saved in the site entry.
The new copy-paste functionality improves the ability to use LastPass to login to other apps and transfer data to other locations. To use the new feature, simply login to your account to launch your vault. Once in "details mode" in the vault, you can tap on a site entry to bring up the "edit" view of the site. If you tap on the little bar with the ellipsis (three dots) at the bottom of the screen, you can select the "show password" option, which allows you to see the password instead of the encrypted dots. You can then double-tap on the password field, and once the text is highlighted you can select the "copy" image that appears right above.
This automatically copies the password to the clipboard. You can now navigate to another app, for example, by tapping the "Windows" button on your phone to then paste the password information to an app's login.
We'll continue to roll out improvements to the app and incorporate new features, such as grouping of sites.
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This was me (Thursday).
Remember how, like, ages ago, I was really really happy with my revisions? Well. Something changed.
On Wednesday night, the zombies attacked.
I was just sitting at my desk, la-la-la!, when suddenly I realized I was just sitting at my desk. Meaning, for the last several hours, I hadn't written anything of substance. At all. The brain-finger connection was LOST.
I began to doubt every sentence. Tweak them. Delete the tweak. Rephrase the tweak, delete the rephrase, delete the whole thing, add it back, move it to the next paragraph, move it back.
Repeat. Repeat repeat REPEAT! ARGHH!!!
The scene sucked. The chapter sucked. The chapter BEFORE it sucked, and every single chapter after it sucked harder. Why would anyone want to read it? It was the worst thing I'd ever written! No, it was worst thing written in the history of human existence!! Australopithecus told better stories than me! What the heck was I doing awake at 3:00 am fixing the same things again and again? I was NEVER going to get past Chapter 11!!! Screw Chapter 11!!! I HATE YOU CHAPTER ELEVEN!!!!
I kicked and screamed and bashed them with cricket bats and old LPs, but because they were EVIL ZOMBIES, they kept coming back for more.
"Yooou suuucck. You'll neh-vurrrrr fi-nnniiisshh."
"No! No! That's not true!"
"You'll neh-vurrrrr quit yoour daaaaaaay joooobbbb."
But it wasn't Shaun of the Dead, because Shaun is a funny movie. It was 28 Days Later! Without Cillian Murphy! (AND WHAT IS THE POINT WITHOUT CILLIAN MURPHY???)
I know. The thought of a sequel without you made me sad too. That's why I never saw it.
I ran from my computer. It was a losing fight! And I crashed into bed and prayed that when I woke up in the morning, the zombies would be gone. That it had all been a dream -- just like Newhart! -- only this time I'd be happy and wouldn't wonder why the heck I had been watching a show for so many years if it DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
BUT. Never underestimate a zombie.
You can run but you can't hide.
I ran from my computer. It was a losing fight! And I crashed into bed and prayed that when I woke up in the morning, the zombies would be gone. That it had all been a dream -- just like Newhart! -- only this time I'd be happy and wouldn't wonder why the heck I had been watching a show for so many years if it DIDN'T ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
BUT. Never underestimate a zombie.
You can run but you can't hide.
When I woke up, not only had it NOT been a dream, but now I WAS A ZOMBIE TOO. They'd eaten my brains! And sure, perhaps it might have had something to do with the fact that I'd been running on the barest minimum of sleep for the last week and a half, but there was no mistaking it. I had become the living dead.
What to do, what to do??
Why, send out panicked emails, of course:
"OMG, I had the worst night ever. Chapter 11 attacked and ate my brains and I'll never be published and this will never be over and I hate life and I hate my book and by the way, I think I'm a zombie. We should probably cancel the pizza party."
Thankfully, a reply came back within the hour from my wise guru writer-friend, Paula: "Ah, a desperate cry for help. Right on schedule."
But of course she knew. I knew. I always know it's coming, but that never makes it easier when it actually arrives. The doubting. The self-loathing. The despair. But, as Paula pointed out in the rest of her kind, thoughtful, can't-live-without-her email, it will pass. One bad night (or bad week or month) will not equal the end of the world.
It will get finished. And it will be good.
Still. That didn't mean I didn't spend my afternoon thinking evil writing thoughts and hating my career and discussing the embarrassing-but-constant need for validation and praise with a different writer-friend (also having a nasty day).
Which was awesome, and quite therapeutic.
By the time evening rolled around, I was still scared to go back to my revisions but no longer terrified. Talking with my friends was the best reminder I could've had. You may not want to underestimate the zombies, but NEVER underestimate your friends.
I have said it before. Writing is a lonely business.
It's all up to you, that one person, to make sure the work gets completed. If you get sick or tired or beaten up by zombies, you can't call in a substitute to finish your work for you. You have no coworkers. (And often, no freaking paycheck, either.) Which is why it's crucial to your survival to talk to OTHER writers. Who can assure you that things WILL get better -- and remind you that they're also going to get worse again, but then better, and then worse, etc.
Thursday night I sat back down with my revisions. I told my novel I wasn't scared of it (a lie), and I was NOT going to give up (the truth). And you know what? The zombies vanished. I moved from chapter eleven to twelve, and then onto thirteen.
And I was happy again.
(And then, on Friday, they attacked again. But that's a story for another day.)


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This was a special request from Henry and Charles this week: Spaghetti and Meatballs!
Check out the wonderful technique in the middle row – that's Liam working out how to divide the meat into four equal parts! As you can see from the bottom row, some of the meatballs were larger than others and they didn't cook so evenly. I have no problem posting these pictures because we all learned a good lesson about food cooking more evenly when it is the same size. We ended up cutting the larger meatballs in two which helped… Some more excellent knife skills being displayed here: garlic, basil, onion and peppers (don't worry – noone rubbed their eyes with peppery fingers this week!). I love that each week, the boys are actually requesting jobs to do as they learn what they do and don't like doing and what they need more practice with. Look at Oliver's fine onion cutting technique in the lower left hand corner!
Below is one of my favourite photos of the week:
An excellent tomato squashing technique…
The boys helped me with the plating of the final dish:
Jamie's recipe is below – we followed it to a "T" except I forgot the oregano…
Jamie Oliver's Spaghetti and Meatballs
main courses | serves 4 – 6
• 4 sprigs of fresh rosemary
• 12 Jacob's cream crackers
• 2 heaped teaspoons Dijon mustard
• 500g good-quality minced beef, pork, or a mixture of the two (we actually used lean ground turkey though it could have done with a fattier meat to keep the meatballs a bit moister)
• 1 heaped tablespoon dried oregano
• 1 large egg, preferably free-range or organic
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• olive oil
• a bunch of fresh basil
• 1 medium onion
• 2 cloves of garlic
• ½ a fresh or dried red chilli
• 2 x 400g tins of chopped tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 400g dried spaghetti or penne
• Parmesan cheese, for grating
To make your meatballs
• Pick the rosemary leaves off the woody stalks and finely chop them
• Wrap the crackers in a tea towel and smash up until fine, breaking up any big bits up with your hands
• Add to the bowl with the mustard, minced meat, chopped rosemary and oregano
• Crack in the egg and add a good pinch of salt and pepper
• With clean hands scrunch and mix up well
• Divide into 4 large balls
• With wet hands, divide each ball into 6 and roll into little meatballs – you should end up with 24 (errr… this is where we went wrong!)
• Drizzle them with olive oil and jiggle them about so they all get coated
• Put them on a plate, cover and place in the fridge until needed
To cook your pasta, meatballs and sauce
• Pick the basil leaves, keeping any smaller ones to one side for later
• Peel and finely chop the onion and the garlic
• Finely slice the chilli
• Put a large pan of salted water on to boil
• Next, heat a large frying pan on a medium heat and add 2 lugs of olive oil
• Add your onion to the frying pan and stir for around 7 minutes or until softened and lightly golden
• Then add your garlic and chilli, and as soon as they start to get some colour add the large basil leaves
• Add the tomatoes and the balsamic vinegar
• Bring to the boil and season to taste
• Meanwhile, heat another large frying pan and add a lug of olive oil and your meatballs
• Stir them around and cook for 8–10 minutes until golden (check they're cooked by opening one up – there should be no sign of pink)
• Add the meatballs to the sauce and simmer until the pasta is ready, then remove from the heat
• Add the pasta to the boiling water and cook according to the packet instructions
To serve your meatballs
• Saving some of the cooking water, drain the pasta in a colander
• Return the pasta to the pan
• Spoon half the tomato sauce into the pasta, adding a little splash of your reserved water to loosen
• Serve on a large platter, or in separate bowls, with the rest of the sauce and meatballs on top
• Sprinkle over the small basil leaves and some grated Parmesan
Did the boys like it? Well just seconds after I took the photo of the completed dish, they were digging in…
And literally minutes after I took that photo, I turned around to find this:
Have you signed Jamie's petition to support the Food Revolution? Click here to join those of us who have!


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The Statue of Liberty finally reopened on the Fourth of July months after Superstorm Sandy swamped its little island in New York Harbor as Americans across the country marked the holiday with fireworks and barbecues.
A large crowd gathered for the holiday and ribbon-cutting ceremony at Liberty Island with federal officials and New York's mayor. Lines stretched blocks long for the boat, which left from Battery Park in Manhattan starting at 8:30 a.m. Thursday.
Rodney and Judy Long, of Charlotte, N.C., were the first people in line for the boat called Lady Liberty. They couldn't get tickets to climb up to the top of the statue, but they were just glad to be there for the big reopening, they said.
Breaking news and the stories that matter to your neighborhood.
"It's perfect timing for it to reopen. It's really a symbol for what the country is all about," Rodney Long said.
Some repairs to brick walkways and docks are still underway, but much of work has been completed since Sandy swamped most of the 12 acres of the national landmark.
The statue was spared in the fall storm, but Lady Liberty's island took a serious beating. Railings broke, docks and paving stones were torn up and buildings were flooded. The storm destroyed electrical systems, sewage pumps and boilers. Hundreds of National Park Service workers from as far away as California and Alaska spent weeks cleaning mud and debris.
Visitors to Lady Liberty went through security on lower Manhattan after city officials criticized an earlier plan to screen them at neighboring Ellis Island, which endured far worse damage to its infrastructure and won't be open to the public anytime soon. The damage to both islands was $59 million.
New Yorkers will also be treated to the annual fireworks display over the Hudson River with performances by Faith Hill, Tim McGraw and Taylor Swift, and the Nathan's Original hot dog eating contest on Brooklyn's Coney Island. Joey "Jaws" Chestnut is seeking his seventh straight title -- a world record. Last year he downed 68 hotdogs and buns in 10 minutes. But the Cyclone roller coaster and other attractions at the famed amusement park were closed going into the holiday after a 275-foot-tall observation tower swayed in the wind.
Personal fireworks remained banned in New York and were banned in New Mexico on state lands due to wildfires.
In Arizona, a carnival, parade, fireworks display and dance that draw thousands here each year will go on in Prescott, but with sober tributes for 19 firefighters who died earlier this week battling a blaze near Yarnell.
The city of Boston prepared to host the first large gathering since the marathon bombing that killed three and injured hundreds, and Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and New Orleans planned large holiday concerts.
In Washington, thousands of Americans were to gather on the National Mall to watch a 17-minute fireworks display and listen to performances by Barry Manilow, Neil Diamond and John Williams conducting music from the movie Lincoln. New Orleans was hosting the Essence Music Festival stringing stages along the French Quarter. And Philadelphia was hosting Wawa Welcome America's 4th of July Jam that is billed as the "largest free concert in America," with John Mayer, Neo and Hunter Hayes filling in last-minute for a sick Demi Lovato.
Not everyone was welcoming the masses -- Hermosa Beach, Calif., was ramping up police patrols and making room in jails for revelers who in recent years have made the city an annual destination for celebrating independence with drunkenness and raucous behavior.


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The 1% Secret to Getting Richer
What's one realistic financial resolution people can make?
MIKE PIPER: Save 1% more. That is, increase your retirement savings contributions by 1% of your gross income.
Near the end of each year, financial planner and blogger Jim Blankenship rallies the personal finance blogosphere to encourage people to save 1% more per year. And it's a great idea.
Bumping up your savings rate by 1% results in a small change to your take-home pay--so small that you might not even notice the difference in terms of your monthly budget. But the impact on your net worth over time could be dramatic.
As of this writing, the personal savings rate in the U.S. is just 4.9%. In other words, if you're currently average, in order to increase your savings rate by 1%, the proportion by which you would have to reduce your spending is very small, but the proportion by which your savings rate would increase is huge (roughly one fifth).
This strategy can work wonders if you're young. Increase your savings rate by 1% this year, then do the same thing next year. And the year after that. If you start right when you get your first job out of school, you'll be saving at a pretty good pace well before you hit the peak earning years of your career.
Mike Piper (@michaelrpiper) is a Missouri-licensed CPA and the author of the blog ObliviousInvestor.com. He is also the author of several personal-finance books, including his latest, "Social Security Made Simple."
Read the latest Wealth Management Report.


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Hey everyone! Really quick tip that Dachis discovered this week. If you want to add a subhead to your post in Kinja, you don't have to add the HTML manually: just press Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2, or Ctrl+3.
Ctrl+1 (or Command+1 if you're on a Mac) makes the text H1 sized, Ctrl+2 does H2, and so on. So you can make:
Big subheads (h1)
Medium subheads (h3)
All the way down to small subheads (h6)
...and everything in between. Over at Lifehacker we usually use H3s and H4s exclusively.
Happy hacking!


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Two Weeks with Kubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10)
Good post
Canllaith's post is interesting and well-written, and unfortunately I think it highlights the fact that Kubuntu is not getting the love it deserves. To be fair, I think Jon Riddell and the many volunteers who help out do a fantastic job, but there just isn't enough manpower to keep Kubuntu ahead of the pack. Take these examples:
Of course, it's easy to moan and hard to help, but I hope these comments will encourage Canonical and the community to seriously pursue KubuntuHardyCatchup (https://wiki.kubuntu.org/KubuntuHardyCatchup). Ideally they should make neutral backends for their new features and simply create GNOME and KDE frontends at the same time (I hear this is happening with Kleansweep, which will one day be both Buntus' system cleanout tool). This will prevent the endless cycle of moving targets and disappointed KDE fans, as Kubuntu valiantly tries to catch the receding wave that its GNOME cousin is already surfing.
By Darryl Wheatley at Tue, 2007/11/06 - 6:00am
Re: Good post
There is also a big problem with Kubuntu: it's not fully internationalized by
By thomas at Tue, 2007/11/06 - 6:00am
Re: Good post
Why a showstopper???? If you are installing on
By Mark at Tue, 2007/11/06 - 6:00am
Re: Good post
I personally like Adept over Synaptic (although it is far from perfect), but I especially like the apt:/ kio-slave. The interface is simple, clean, and easy to use. Adept should learn from apt:/
By Severed Head at Tue, 2007/11/06 - 6:00am
Re: Good post
I mostly use suse with kde. love the (guru's version) smart package manager and gui. Smart's command line is similar to apt-get and the gui is similar to synaptic. Only both have more options. I've run k-x-ubuntu and several other distros enough to be fairly familiar with their package managers. I just recently noticed that on the "about" dialog of the smart gui that smart has been a canonical funded project since 2005. I also remember about a year ago Shuttleworth saying in an interview ubuntu may switch to smart. What's the hold-up?
By Stu at Tue, 2007/11/06 - 6:00am
Re: Good post
* The default theme is a beautiful blue that, although more aesthetically pleasing than previous purple defaults, hurts the eyes after a period of time (I have no idea why, it's just too intense?);
I agree, the color theme is way too bright, unless you've got full ligthing on the room you're working in, the eyes hurt after a while. Specially with things like the file manager being maximised etc.
By NabLa at Wed, 2007/11/07 - 6:00am
Wrong Site?
Is this now distroreview.com?
By Anonymous at Tue, 2007/11/06 - 6:00am
Re: Wrong Site?
Nah, but I'd say an article reviewing the integration of KDE into a distro fits well here.
By ryukendo000 at Tue, 2007/11/06 - 6:00am
Re: Wrong Site?
No. It's a site about all news KDE related (including distro's) where everybody get's to burb his/her opinion about the article and the preceding burbs. Including you and me, of course.
By Andre at Tue, 2007/11/06 - 6:00am
LEAP Support
I work in IT, and I read every tech blog I can in a day, and I've never head of this LEAP wireless protocol. She says she is disappointed that KDE hasn't caught up with Gnome, because they support a rare, insecure wireless protocol?
Let's not go tit-for-tat comparing KDE and Gnome features and then suggest one needs to catch up to the other.
By T. J. Brumfield at Tue, 2007/11/06 - 6:00am
Re: LEAP Support
> She says she is disappointed that KDE hasn't caught up with Gnome, because they support a rare, insecure wireless protocol?
No, she says she is disappointed that the KDE frontend does not yet support the full range of capabilities of the backend, while the GNOME frontend does.
However, actually having the KDE frontend is already a bonus for some other distributions, e.g. Fedora decided that their KDE users should not have that convenience any more but rather have to add their network credentials again into a temporary frontend and, if the have any new networks in the mean time, again when the KDE frontend is eventually restored in an update later on.
Users of reasonable distribution can be assured that the developer working on the KDE frontend is working hard to get up-to-date with the backend's changes, who's authors should probably think about either keeping compatability and providing additional extensions or making sure at least their main frontend developers had a chance to update their implementations accordingly.
By Kevin Krammer at Wed, 2007/11/07 - 6:00am
Re: LEAP Support
Tee hee! We wouldn't want to complicate things for anyone by providing a feature that they in their unilluminated mind need. Like everyone can upgrade their infrastructure to modern standards and everything would be so simple.
I have the privilege of working with stuff that runs on dos and 16 bit windows. I need things like qemu, wine, and really appreciate the slick ways that the desktop sees for example an application installed in wine. I can open an image file with qemu from the graphical file manager. I actually changed distributions from one that supported externally and incidentally these things to one that supports them.
Not having support for something you need is a flaw.
By D Kite at Wed, 2007/11/07 - 6:00am
I put Kubuntu on my laptop a year ago because I needed a Linux (and the obligatory proprietary drivers). I had no time for a source based distro, or one that took a lot of configuration and RTFMing. So I picked Kubuntu. One year later and I want to get rid of Kubuntu. 7.10 just enhances this desire. When this job finishes and I have time to reformat and use something else, I'll dump it.
I like KDE. I like vanilla from-the-box KDE, with no distro provided "improvements". I'm not getting that from Kubuntu. I had to remove several (required) addons to get back to decent KDE. But the underlying system itself is flawed.
I should be able to switch to something else next month. If it weren't for the laptop's need for proprietary drivers I'd use FreeBSD. But that's not the case, and I need to stick with a semi-free Linux system for the time being. I'm thinking of Slackware. Maybe Gentoo. Something basic, slim, with no frills. And a real KDE straight from the source.
By David Johnson at Tue, 2007/11/06 - 6:00am
Re: Disgruntlements
> I like KDE. I like vanilla from-the-box KDE, with no distro provided
Then why the @#$% did you install Kubuntu in the first place?? Kubuntu has
(Almost posting from KDE4. Submitting the form didn't work. dang!)
By Simon Edwards at Tue, 2007/11/06 - 6:00am
Re: Disgruntlements
Maybe he didn't know? *I* didn't when I first tried Kubuntu. Of course it never made the "straight from the source" claim, but I can't recall a "comes with a KDE fork" (I'm exaggerating here, I know) claim either.
By Just me at Tue, 2007/11/06 - 6:00am
Re: Disgruntlements
You are correct. I just didn't know. I'm a FreeBSD guy, and hadn't been keeping up with the find nuances between Linux distros. I had heard Kubuntu was a good distro for KDE, so I chose it. In its defense, it is a damned quick and easy install.
By David Johnson at Wed, 2007/11/07 - 6:00am
Re: Disgruntlements
Well, I can tell you why _I_ "@#$%" installed Kubuntu in the first place: I tried Dapper Drake and I liked most of it. However, subsequent releases pushed me further away from a "normal" KDE working environment.
In Edgy the Kubuntu team felt the need to remove the display of any directory under /, except for /home and /media, YAY!
Edgy users were mostly unamused, so Feisty saw the feature ripped out again, leaving the people that used it to their advantage (the .hidden file in konqueror could be used to hide any file) fuming. No migration path, no warning, no option to turn it back on... YAY!
Yesterday I finally tracked down why konqueror would not let me drill down into tar archives anymore: kubuntu-default-settings wouldn't let me, so another workaround was in order. YAY!
Now let me be clear: These "features" are not bad all by themselves, they are bad because:
To quote the original article:
By timri at Tue, 2007/11/06 - 6:00am
Re: Disgruntlements
I use Kubuntu and Gentoo and really appreciate the extra polish Kubuntu puts on KDE. Really I kind of see it as the distros job.
And it really is just polish, they mostly just tweak the default settings.
By Ian Monroe at Wed, 2007/11/07 - 6:00am
Re: Disgruntlements
If I may suggest anything - try Arch Linux (http://www.archlinux.org). That's apparently what you're looking for.
By Luke at Tue, 2007/11/06 - 6:00am
Re: Disgruntlements
Arch certainly isn't vanilla KDE. They openly advertise how much they've altered their KDE.
However, Arch and SuSe both offer great KDE experiences. I do recommend them over Kubuntu, where KDE certainly feels second-citizen.
By T. J. Brumfield at Wed, 2007/11/07 - 6:00am
Re: Disgruntlements
Standard KDE in Arch is as vanilla as it gets (save for a custom default wallpaper and perhaps splash). KDEmod is an alternate KDE installation for Arch users who fancy splitted packages and whatnot. It's all about choice, really.
By Luke at Wed, 2007/11/07 - 6:00am
Re: Disgruntlements
Archs standard KDE is completely vanilla, they just added a Wallpaper and a new splashscreen. The only patches applied are bugfixes, thats the philosophy of K.I.S.S. :-)
KDEmod (which is an _unofficial_ Arch _community_ project) has, in contrast, the most patches/extra stuff applied that you will ever see in a KDE distro. I know that, because i am one of the Devs/Packagers :-) We also provide a highly customized theme and are writing new patches on our own etc but, and thats the point, you can remove the theme and disable all extra stuff to get a, lets say, 99% vanilla KDE but with splitted packages...
However, the underlying base (=the distro) is another point, and i can say about me that i will never switch back to another distro - Arch is just perfect in all terms... Its clean and simple, always up to date and very customizable, so you get exactly the system you want without fiddling around for ages... And the biggest point for me is: You can contribute very easily. Making packages is a breeze (hey, we are only 2 people who did a complete splitted KDE in almost no time :-), just try to do that on another distro) and you can share them easily through Archs AUR.
I can just suggest everyone who has some understanding of Linux and dont fears the terminal to try Arch, you will not be disappointed :-) And doing some stuff in a terminal does not mean that it doesnt "just work"...
By Jan at Wed, 2007/11/07 - 6:00am
Re: Disgruntlements
Having tried KDEmod via Sabayon, I must say I'm impressed.
I wonder how many of the KDEmod improvements will get ported as patches to KDE 4?
By T. J. Brumfield at Thu, 2007/11/08 - 6:00am
Re: Disgruntlements
Sabayon? Well, unless you fetched our packages and extracted them manually, you cant have used it on Sabayon :-)
Maybe Sabayon uses the splitted Gentoo KDE packages and you just mixed it up. KDEmod shares some stuff with them in terms of patches (we started with their KIP patchset), but you cant really compare these two... The Gentoo people have splitted KDE completely (every lib etc) where we follow another path and only split things where its useful - we dont split kdebase and kdelibs for example, as its not necessary in our opinion...
By Jan at Thu, 2007/11/08 - 6:00am
Re: Disgruntlements
I suggest to use Mandriva, it has get good reputation from KDE devels because Mandriva devels work together with KDE devels. And Mandriva dont add any patch to KDE what isn't on KDE itself. (this i have understand from KDE devels, and that there is one another distro too what use mainstream KDE what Arch and Kubuntu does not).
By Fri13 at Wed, 2007/11/07 - 6:00am
Re: Disgruntlements
to be honest, I get bored of these threads where people suggest others try another distro. People are using the distro of their choice.
I get utterly tired of people who go from distro site to distro site disrespecting that distro and promoting the one they use. It really has to be the ugliest part about linux. And I would go even further as say that it most likely puts some people off trying linux because of the very real hostility that some users have towards other distro's. Don't believe me, go read some of news.opensuse.org, there is always at least one tosser that goes in, disrespects the distro and uses the site to promote the one they use
To those in the linux community that do that, grow the hell up and stop being a bunch of idiotic trolls. You are the dark ugly side of linux.
I don't use ubuntu products, I have the distro I like, just as many ubuntu people use the distro they like, so if you don't like the distro talked about take a running jump and leave your negative, and try this distro comments in your mind where they belong, not in the linux community making newbies wonder what a bunch of hostile people you are.
I try to convince people to try linux, I even give out the opensuse live cd, and suggest they try all distro's before they settle on one, and it is really a pain in the royal ass when they turn down moving to linux because they go to distro pages, go to KDE and see people constantly dissing distro's and suggesting they try another.
By Richard Bollinger at Sat, 2007/11/10 - 6:00am
Re: Disgruntlements
While I understand what you are coming from, please realize the suggestions in the context of the thread. The parent post that began this thread was voicing his dissatisfaction with kubuntu, and what has happened so far is a civilized thread discussing other KDE distros and theirs pros and cons. There's no flaming, no religious wars, and no bad attitudes here.
I have found the entire thread so far to be quite educational as the reason I am even reading this news article is I am looking to try a new kde based distro as my main system. There's a reply saying "try mandriva, I hear it's pretty good." There's a reply saying "beware of arch, they also heavily modify their KDE", and a counter by an arch dev telling how to get an unmodified KDE if you want it.
This thread has been informative and well mannered. Please save your distaste for the posts that deserve it, and I know precisely what you are talking about. It usually comes in the form of a person asking about a specific feature of a specific distro and some jackass replying with "X distro sucks! Use Y distro!"
By MrGrim at Mon, 2007/11/12 - 6:00am
Re: Disgruntlements
After trying (K) (X) Ubuntu versions 6.06 to 7.04 I installed PCLinuxOS 2007 that natively features KDE on my main computer and laptop, and couldn't be happier. No proprietary issues, and it's slick and stable. you may want to look into it.
By Frank S at Wed, 2007/11/07 - 6:00am
Re: Disgruntlements
Debian's KDE is pretty true to the distribution, and works fine, though updates are slow, even on unstable.
Just don't install a desktop system [ ]. For some reason, Debian equals that with Gnome, and installing all that Gnome just to remove it again is no fun.
As a bonus, it's pretty close to what Kubuntu does. And the Debian mailinglists offers as many flames as you can take, and then some :o)
By Esben Mose Hansen at Thu, 2007/11/08 - 6:00am
Re: Disgruntlements
> though updates are slow, even on unstable.
Slow on SID?
> Just don't install a desktop system
Actually just use the first CD iso named $version-kde-CD-1-iso
The generic CD 1 has a bug in its desktop task item, i.e. it fails to ask the question which desktop to install and just uses one of the choices. It is possible to set this automatic choice by a boot prompt parameter though.
One can get further information about KDE on Debian Etch here:
By Kevin Krammer at Fri, 2007/11/09 - 6:00am
IT Pro - now relaxing
Hey Guys, I have to say that I agree about the blogs being hostile out there and how one person prefers and pushes a particular distro over another. I have tried many distros, from the meek to the over-glorified (no names given, but I'm sure most of you are aware :-). One thing I have to say is, if you happen to be a newby, then Ubuntu and it's several flavors, is DEFINITELY a good starting point - and for that purpose alone, it's hard to find fault in the distro... Hey, most of us responding to this blog are experienced Linux users. To us, we find fault because the distro doesn't support one or another feature. We each have our faves and anyone else (or, perhaps, even ourselves in the future) will find some fault with it. One could just as easily go on and on about our choice in desktops - or even operating systems, for that matter. I prefer to see each person's choice for exactly that - their choice. If we continue to down (or even push, for that matter) any other distro/desktop we DO confuse any potential new users out there. When we should simply be saying: "Hey, here's a free disc. Let me know if you need any help and I'll be more than happy to oblige." Once the new user gets up to speed, they can decide for themselves if it supports what they need and you can guide them from that point.
By Jim at Tue, 2007/11/13 - 6:00am
Distribution DOES matter--esp. w/ newbies
Ubuntu is a decent distribution. No doubt. Of course, this thread is about Kubuntu.
It very well may be a good starting distro, but remember that there are other good starting distros out there.
I happen to like openSUSE quite a bit, part of which is how easy it is to install (although I second the notion of using Smart rather than Yast for package management) and run. KDE is well supported via the various package repositories, including KDE 4, backports, community, etc.
It also has pretty good hardware support (with the exception that you do need to go to the NVIDIA and ATI maintained binaries on your own)--I have had zero problems with an IBM ThinkPad T42.
I think that the notion that you can just give someone new to Linux any old distro and let them decide is a bit silly. I *tried* Red Hat (before there was even a Fedora) as my first and it was painful. I switched to SUSE (before there was openSUSE/Novell SUSE) & it made a huge difference in my motivation to stick with Linux.
I think the choice of a distribution makes a tremendous difference in many areas. I think that even new users need to understand that there are different distributions for a reason (so they can focus on specific aspects, etc.), as well as different GUIs, different windows managers, different XXX, and that is one of the best things about Linux these days. There are certainly distributions that non-techies/non-masochists should stay away from--and people new to Linux should be told this!
So, pick a humane distribution for new folks. Ubuntu is reasonable, Kubuntu is probably getting there, but openSUSE (and others) already has great KDE support. OpenSUSE probably does need a little more handholding, since it offers a CHOICE of KDE, Gnome, minimal GUI, text mode, etc. (Can add Blackbox, XFce, etc. later as well) as well as a ton of end-user applications (probably too many choices in media players and too few for XML editors IMHO).
By DrK at Wed, 2007/11/21 - 6:00am
Re: Distribution DOES matter--esp. w/ newbies
I am running Win98 at home and WinXP at work. I am looking for a Linux that I can learn on since Vista is a little scary. (Those iMac attack ads seem to work)
I have tried Puppy Linux and had a good experience. I am currently trying Kubuntu on VMWare Player and having a more difficult time. Most of the difficulty comes from software installation and directory privileges. I guess that is the price to pay for moving to a more secure multi user system from a single user system.
Years ago I had just gotten used to setting up DOS 2.11 systems when Win3.0 came along and then Win3.11 and then Win95 and then Win98 (Win32). I paid full price for two of these, with the others being OEM and upgrades. I can't bear the thought of having to upgrade hardware every time more eye candy comes out.
All distros have their good and bad points but for newbies like myself the big determinant is informative and easy to follow documentation and tutorials. Well implemented installers would also be a big help.
My problem is that I like to have the new OS's but I haven' got the skills yet to be able to install Flash Player, Firefox, etcetera. This being said I wonder if the distros are being made available a little too soon in their life cycle without their contents being described as Alpha or Beta versions. Maybe they should list the distro's contents so we newbies can pick the one that requires the least tweaking?
Bravo Open Source for giving enthusiasts around the world a great adventure.
By Engineer John at Mon, 2008/02/11 - 6:00am