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Re: Making linux look harder than it is, Response
- To: Unkillable <linux(at-nospam)coolgoose.com>
- Subject: Re: Making linux look harder than it is, Response
- From: Oleg Goldshmidt <ogoldshmidt(at-nospam)computer.org>
- Date: 10 Dec 2001 21:01:36 +0200
- Cc: linux-il(at-nospam)linux.org.il
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- In-Reply-To: Unkillable's message of "Mon, 10 Dec 2001 11:25:06 -0500"
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Unkillable <linux@coolgoose.com> writes:
> I would like to remind you, that linux is command line OS which based on
> the unix and minix operating systems, knowing the GUI interface without
> the command line interface, is like learning to run, when you dont even
> know how to walk.
Actually, it is more like baby-talk compared to literary language (+
slang). I think this analogy (or at least the idea) was suggested by
Neal Stephenson.
> For people who wants to install linux on theire machine, installing linux
> can be very simple, but it really take time to configure the machine for your
> needs, so before runing to a meeting, and install linux, think that you will
> have to spend a lot of your free time to configure linux, and just to know
> how to K programming Gui, isnt enought, i suggest you to read manuals,
> books, and articles about linux, read alot and you will finally make your
> decision, linux was never nice to the newcomers, and will not be in the
> close futer.
It is precisely the same with Winblows for me - it doesn't work any
better out of the box than the modern linux distros, and it is so
difficult to tweak because of the GUI... I think Windows is very
unfriendly to newcomers, and I consider myself much more
computer-literate than most. It is only easy for those who want a
couple of common and simple operations from a computer, and most
leading Linux distros make that just as simple if not simpler - you
click the leftmost button on the bar on the bottom of your screen, and
choose the appropriate menu, such as "Internet", "Multimedia",
"Office" etc (reading off the KDE panel). And sometimes (often?) it is
more intelligible than M$-ware: e.g. there is a "Text Editor" - in
Windows you have to know (or learn from some obscure manual) that it
is called "Notepad"...
You fall into the trap of confusing getting started with Linux and
migrating from Windows (with all the preconceptions involved) to
Linux. I went the other way around, being fluent in UNIX/Linux before
I touched Windows in any way, and it was (and still is) pure hell.
The only salvation for me is RTFM, where available...
> BTW: before you will install linux, you have to be familiar with the
> concepts and slang used by linux and unix hackers
Same with other OSes, especially with MicroSoft's propensity to use
their own unique terminology...
--
Oleg Goldshmidt | ogoldshmidt@NOSPAM.computer.org
"If it ain't broken, it has not got enough features yet."
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