Hey guys.
Just wanted to let you know that, since I needed it for some of my projects anyway, I finally got around to installing Xfree86 onto my iBook. I always had this idea that it would be a tedious task involving lots of mucking around in config files and such, and was pleased to see that it runs out of a single installer. I've put in Oroboros X and am pretty pleased with the whole arrangement.
So, if you've been wanting to muck around with Gimp or Gnome or anything from the Gnu/Unix/Linux world, it's not nearly as difficult as you might think.
Unlearn: I had a similar experience a couple of years ago, walking home from the pub with a couple of old mates, one of them started attacking people's letterboxes.
"Hey, leave the letterbox alone." I told him, "It didn't do anything to hurt you."
But, he just kept wrestling with the letterbox until it came loose in his hands, and a police car came rolling around the corner.
Fortunately, he had the sense to say he was just being stupid and the cops let us go after we'd fixed the letterbox back in place. That was incredibly nice of them, considering they should have put us in the cells for the night. Anyway, I was really annoyed at him for being such a complete twat.