Headaches

Not in any specific order other then the largest element is at the bottom.

C++:
A little bit of news. My computer is all set for my c++ class so that I can work on my projects outside of school! This is something I wanted to do with my darkBASIC class for a long time but I'm not going to fork over money to buy that compiler.

Blender:
I've mostly just been screwing around with this and teaching people how to use it.

Visual Basic:
Nothing.

Hangman:
I got nothing done. See previous post if you want the see the checklist.

Python(new):
I scratched the surface seeing if it's worth getting into.

Free PC Project:
This has been the cause for most of my headaches and frustrations over the last week. I installed Ubuntu on it and it worked perfectly, no problems or anything. It ran just fine out of the box. The problem starts when I get my greasy little fingers into the software and start to customize it for my own uses. I do this with almost every bit of software I own, heh. Ubuntu actually encourages this type of thing and supplies users with an enormous amount of software. I got several things installed and working, all without an internet connection. I got the bright idea of "Hey, I can add software no problem, lets try some hardware!". This thought led to the single most frustrating computing experience I've had in a long time.
I got a modem. A WinModem. Win meaning windows. Ubuntu doesn't natively support winmodems so I went on a driver hunt. I got the proper drivers and got the modem working and I was online (was not an easy process but a process not worth talking about). Now that I was online I could download all the updates. I did just that. Download all! I rebooted my computer and all the updates installed just fine. My modem wouldn't work anymore. I discovered that in the updates were drivers for winmodems. These drivers don't work for some reason. So I decided to uninstall the updates. My 3d acceleration was uninstalled too. I couldn't get my 3d accel or my modem drivers and I ended up making quite a huge mess so I decided to start over.
I decided to reinstall the entire operating system and start from scratch. I instead went and downloaded kubuntu. It's the same core system but this one uses the KDE X server which I gained some familiarity with from using RedHat 8 for 2 years. Everything is working perfectly again! I like KDE better then GNOME eventhough it didn't come with firefox OR gaim. Oh well, just a little bit more work.
Funny thing is, the Free PC has become my Primary PC.