What do you do with your PC when your are Bored ?

[linuxyogi]

What do you do with your PC when your are Bored ?

I personally am in search of some ideas.:-k

[CharlesA]

I usually just read forums.

Wait.. does that mean I am bored all the time?

[Megaptera]

I download another distro, install it, play around some and then re-install Ubuntu! That all takes a little while ... by which time I'm bored ...

....so I download another distro ....

[CharlesA]

I download another distro, install it, play around some and then re-install Ubuntu! That all takes a little while ... by which time I'm bored ...

....so I download another distro ....
It's a never ending cycle! :P

I'll find stuff to do if I am bored. Movies, music, schoolwork...

[Basher101]

If im bored then i just clean my laptop...the screen, keyboard, then open it up, clean the motherboard, fans, everything, until im bored of that and start doing homework which i had to to a month ago...:D

[cgroza]

I usually go on IRC channels, and try to make my environment more exotic (crazy WMs, terminals, themes).

I also experiment with new languages and try to do some euler problems.

[Gremlinzzz]

If its the computer thats boring then i would do something else:popcorn:

[u-noob-tu]

I do a number of things when i am bored. i browse the internet looking for interesting Ubuntu/Linux news (hoping to find some new game or program). i play my favorite time waster game, called "Pipewalker" (INSANELY ADDICTIVE!!!) while listening to music. i also try to write. i like to write stories, though i always get writers block and never finish them. if any of these dont work, i try to find someone to be bored with.

[asifnaz]

I download and install Oses in virtualBox(linux distros and other opensource oses ) .

When I am bored as hell I watch those nasty videos :)

[sffvba[e0rt]

I have a nasty habit of doing silly things when I am bored and then having to spend time when I actually have something to do undoing the damage I have done...


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[CharlesA]

When I am bored as hell I watch those nasty videos :)

Oh, you mean these?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickrolling

:popcorn:

[u-noob-tu]

I have a nasty habit of doing silly things when I am bored and then having to spend time when I actually have something to do undoing the damage I have done...


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haha, that sounds like my younger brother. he tends to want to break things when hes bored.

[Megaptera]

Oh, you mean these?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickrolling

:popcorn:

Those truly are video nasties! I'm surprised they snuck past the Forum censors!! :D

[CharlesA]

I have a nasty habit of doing silly things when I am bored and then having to spend time when I actually have something to do undoing the damage I have done...


404

Been there, done that. Especially when testing shell scripts..

Thank goodness for snapshots. *cough*


Those truly are video nasties! I'm surprised they snuck past the Forum censors!! :D

I know right? :D

[sn0m]

well the best thing is to get out there and do something, like gardening. There is life beyond computers....

[FuturePilot]

Go outside or read a book.

[DangerOnTheRanger]

I play Warsow, Teeworlds, and Street Fighter Alpha 3 when I get bored.

[Austin25]

Reddit.

[Old_Grey_Wolf]

If I am bored with computers it is because I don't have a goal to learn something new. In those situations, I turn the computers off and do something that is not computer related. I have a wife, three children, three grandchildren, and I live in a neighborhood were I can get out of the house and enjoy the scenery. I have plenty of things I can do when I am bored with computers.

[JayKay3OOO]

I like to read a book when I have no reason to use the computer.

I'm currently reading the harry potter series as I'm late into it.

[Lucradia]

MMORPGs, Touhou Music, Steam games (Portal, Portal 2, Skyrim, Oblivion.)

[ilovelinux33467]

Minecraft and Xonotic.

[satanselbow]

I download another distro, install it, play around some and then re-install Ubuntu! That all takes a little while ... by which time I'm bored ...

....so I download another distro ....

I download Ubuntu, install it, play around some and then re-install Arch! That all takes a little while ... by which time I'm bored ...

....so I download another distro .... :popcorn:

[xc3RnbFO8P]

To day i think ( I got this old laptop) how about trying android, will it run faster.
So I Google android on laptop,
and I found liveandroidv0.3.ISO
but it was useless because I could not connect to the internet.
(the cable or wireless was not recognized)

[sammiev]

I pack the boat and motor. Then go fishing for supper! :guitar:

[asifnaz]

Oh, you mean these?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickrolling

:popcorn:

Not those :) "those"

[linuxyogi]

I am still bored. I guess I need to make my system dual boot, for games. Wine is unpredictable.

[alexfish]

use it

[undecim]

Do something constructive with the computer.

e.g:

Write articles with Gedit
Make images with GIMP
Design websites with a combination of the two

etc...

[CharlesA]

MMORPGs, Touhou Music, Steam games (Portal, Portal 2, Skyrim, Oblivion.)

No Marrowwind? :p


Do something constructive with the computer.

e.g:

Write articles with Gedit
Make images with GIMP
Design websites with a combination of the two

etc...

Done that but I mostly code my stuff in Bluefish cuz I am a masochist and don't like WP or other CMS..

[effenberg0x0]

- Update/upgrade Ubuntu
- Update git on a bunch of stuff
- Find new ways to break eclipse
- Useless / overkill bash scripting

[sffvba[e0rt]

use it


Do something constructive with the computer.

e.g:

Write articles with Gedit
Make images with GIMP
Design websites with a combination of the two

etc...

Very good advice... I am very guilty of setting up everything the way I like it, installing everything I will "need" then not using the tools at my disposal.

Silly really...


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[anna2112]

Play games..searching for new ideas !!!thats all...

[drawkcab]

This webpage:

http://www.youryoure.com/

[linuxyogi]

Play games..searching for new ideas !!!thats all...

Windows games or Linux games ?

I don't like FPSs & I haven't found a descent Racing Game in Linux.

[Quadunit404]

Play video games, sometimes break (http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/649872251661779370/1D2B6E3DC356CE6671E91F2D296E4617D11559DB/) them (http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/594698084129847436/E0777CAB550E7C9B091D0EB1C7FF354DF2116B85/).

Watch videos on YouTube.

Talk to this British person who is identical to me in almost every single way (seriously.)

[hhh]

Customize it.

http://ompldr.org/tYmZjNg (http://ompldr.org/vYmZjNg) http://ompldr.org/tYmZjOA (http://ompldr.org/vYmZjOA)

[Telengard C64]

cook and eat something weird (baked hot dog wrapped in a tortilla anyone?)
wash dishes, other chores
play on PS3 or Wii
watch something on Netflix
find something on Youtube
read random documentation
http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/random
http://mobygames.com/random/game
http://www.deviantart.com/random/deviation