Alan, True, no one is going to learn Linux overnight, although anyone can learn to use Linux applications as easily as Micros~1 application.
But one doesn't learn to ski by sitting in the club house. You learn to ski by going up the hill and pointing the skis downhill. LEAF is not the place to start, particularly if you're planning to use some old hardware with likely issues of compatibility. The place to start is with a CD box set including a manual from RedHat or Mandrake. They make installation as easy on the novice as possible - sort of the bunny slope. Once you understand the issues of networking, card/driver matching, and administration via files, then LEAF will be an excellent tool. At that point you'll be skiing with the experts and might even want to compile a kernel just for fun. Generally there's no need to do so otherwise. -- Sincerely, David Smead http://www.amplepower.com. On Sun, 28 Apr 2002, Alan Tu wrote: > David, > > > How often I hear people say that they don't have time to try out Linux, > > yet would like to have some canned Linux solution to a problem not so > > easily accomplished by Micros~1 machines. > > You should not hold it against people who know that Unix is a much better > network OS, and have a particular interest in using Linux in this way. One > cannot switch a house full of Windows boxes (and a Mac) to Linux overnight, > and I have never used Linux. Today I cannot snap my fingers and compile a > correct microdistribution. I can, however, have a willingness to try and use > Linux in a practical, needed application. If this makes me lazy, so be it. > If this makes me less smart and less knowledgeable than you, yes, it does. > If the only good way to try/use Linux is to fully partition and install > Linux on a hard drive, or compiling your own distribution, (anything else > can probably be considered canned), then much fewer people will consider > trying it. > > Alan > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leaf-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
