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Bioshock status .... Finished

I can believe it .... Just a couple of minutes ago, I finished Bioshock (without cheating). This is an amazing game. I love the graphics and the characters (I am a real fan of Art-Deco style). I love the Chrysler and the American Radiator Buildings in NY (they are Art-Deco too, right?). Please take a look at the following pictures from my cellphone. (I was unable to take screenshots using the "Print Screen" key). I have to say that the ending was not as good as the whole game, It looked more like a "Love movie". (Well, if you played as Mr Goodie two shoes)

Ubuntu 7.10 on Inspiron 1520

Today Ubuntu 7.10 has been released! You can download it at: www.ubuntu.com Where I live, Internet connection is not fast so I rather prefer downloading the Torrent first. I Installed Ubuntu in my Inspiron 1520 Machine without any trouble (Compared to previous versions). So far, I have tried the following Items: Wireless Network. It worked like a breeze Screen at High Resolution (Although I haven't tried yet the nVidia drivers) Bluetooth seem to be working (It finds devices nearby) First Item I was not able to have running is the audio, so I searched over the Internet, and I found this great thread in a Forum: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=577469 I followed the steps in a similar way as described in that thread: Installed "libc6-dev" using the Synaptics package Manager Installed "patch" using the synaptics package Manager wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.15rc1.tar.bz2 tar xvpjf alsa-driver-1.0.15rc1.tar.bz2 cd alsa-driver-1.

Running Bioshock on Inspiron 1520

I just received my new Dell Inspiron 1520 with the nVidia 8600 GT. This purchase also included Bioshock, The Sims 2 Deluxe and Company of Heroes. As soon as I turned on the computer, It was too slow. More than I expected for a new computer with 2GB of RAM. I blame the Bloatware preinstalled on this machine. Also, going to "My computer", I found there were 3 "Three"! partitions: main drive and two more with media direct and some other stuff. I really found it useless. What's the purpose of getting access to media without booting the computer? I rather prefer turning on the iPod or the radio. I decided to clean up that preloaded-mess and reinstalled Windows Vista. Install is pretty straightforward. I removed all partitions and created only two: One for Windows and some empty space for Ubuntu (Which will be installed later). Drivers were installed without any trouble from the DELL drivers Disk. I couldn't wait more to play Bioshock ... Game Installed successful