http://www.gnome.org/~gman/img/july/freegeek.jpg
Could we have 30 of those to build our node network?
Cheers Don
Glynn Foster wrote:
Don Gould wrote:
Quick thought... thanks to every one who's suggested a distro change is
the best option...
In this instance I've decided it's not.
Right! Absolutely 100% right!
I'd encourage *everyone* to just pick one distribution and spend a
decent amount of time learning about it. Don't upgrade, don't switch,
just stick to one for long enough to figure it out.
This whole 'distro of the week' thing bugs the crap out of me. No one
distribution is better than all the rest - it's a set of compromises,
but what is true is that they're all based off a relatively predictable
set of base elements. Learn them. Ask questions and learn by them.
Remember that CLUG isn't always the best forum for your question. The
various open source communities didn't grow up by the constant hand
holding that's going on here - at the end of the day, it's up to you to
put in the long hours [1].
And trust me, the next stage is far more fun - you could be installing
distributions for the rest of your life, but actually scratching your
own itch either by contributions to existing communities or starting a
new one is where it's at. OSCON last week was a good reminder of it, and
I had a chance to meet many people with the JFDI mentality.
Glynn
[1] And yes, you could argue that all this stuff should 'just work', but
we're not quite there yet, and you guys are the early adopters who
are more technically educated to work this stuff out..or give it a
decent try.
--
Don Gould
www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz -
www.bowenvale.co.nz - www.hearingbooks.co.nz - SkypeMe: ThinkDesignPrint
