Argh. I think I will have to boot to Windows after I post this.
Occasionally a program will hang, but as that used to be rare, I thought nothing of it. However, programs have been hanging a lot more frequently. Also, I have noticed a definite slow-down in many system processes and I often see the spinning beachball...
I think this system is in need of a complete re-install, but I'm reluctant to do so now as I really don't have the time to be stressing if something goes wrong, or even if everything goes right, the time to install the array of programs and configure the system. I guess having a 'backup' system in the form of windows is also tempting.
Even as I speak, gmail refuses to log in and just shows a white page... I'm starting to think I've extremely bad karma with computers; today, my Linux box in the lab utterly failed. It had been giving problems over the past few weeks, with seemingly random problems with paths and system permissions, and yesterday there was a moment of screen panic when I rebooted... lines flashing by, basically screaming 'error', and today, the machine just died, refusing to boot into X windows.
Well, time to log out. I haven't used Windows since leaving Singapore, except for the occasional Acrobat file that needed editing. Feels like I'm bailing ship, and that the ship's slowly starting to sink...
glug glug
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