linuxin' ain't easy

Why do companies hate me for using Linux? I have been happily downloading MP3s off Amazon for years. At first I used their downloader and then through pymazon. I just bought an album earlier today and was met with this nonsense:

Install the Amazon MP3 Downloader We apologize — Linux is not supported. Unless you already have the Amazon MP3 Downloader installed, you will have to download songs individually from Amazon Cloud Player. JavaScript must also be enabled.

I sent them an angry email which surely has Beszos shaking in his 100,000 dollar alligator nutsack boots.

Why do you hate me? Did it cripple Amazon when I was able to *gasp* download a WHOLE ALBUM of songs at one time? I hope you realize that if I have to go log into windows somewhere there is now no reason for me not to use iTunes for my music purchases. Boo on you. Roger

I apologize that this is the first thing I've posted in so, so long, but it ticks me off!

rsync: writefd_unbuffered failed to write 4 bytes

I love rsync. Rsync is the type of command that makes you heart a Unix/Linux-based system. It helps you back-up/sync files; it's easy to use; it's powerful, but not overbearing. It's like chess or caps: a minute to learn; a lifetime to master.

At any rate, I was getting the error in the title of the post. Turns out it wasn't rsync, but that I had filled up my partition - accidentally. Long story short, I created a folder intending to mount is as my external harddrive, but forgot to do the mounting. So, if you encounter this error, it might be because the device is full.

writing this post via kubuntu

And I'm installing Ubuntu over it as soon as the iso is done downloading.

I was switching things around in my machine and added a SATA hard drive. I had a live cd of Kubuntu and in general like the KDE4 look-and-feel a lot more. It's polished, whereas I feel like Gnome is kind of clunky. This is of course just a personal opinion.

That said, I feel like Kubuntu is much slower. And I feel it's especially so when using firefox. At this point in the age of computing, that's not acceptable. The web browser is a primary interface and sitting around waiting for clicks to register isn't feasible.

So, Ubuntu goes on and if that sucks too it means I accidentally replaced a SATA cable with a carrier pigeon or something.

UPDATE:

Yes, Ubuntu seems like it's a lot faster than Kubuntu. Is this known? Is there any reason? I'm disappointed.