I just wanted to share my experience of migrating from Windows to Linux ... not start a war!! LOL!!
All kidding aside -- I like the Linux GUI and the CLI interface for doing more admin tasks. I understand that Linux Mint may not be the best for doing it, but for a newbie like myself, isn't a start better than not trying at all? I want to take it slow and get the most out of it. I have read online articles about the CLI and Linux commands and i am finding it very interesting and enjoyable!! One day I hope to be on par with the experts and custom make an installation like Gentoo or Arch Linux. Today -- I am just a newbie seeking some advise and sharing my new found love of Linux!! ironmantis7x --- In [email protected], Roy <linuxcan...@...> wrote: > > This is a bit harsh. I don't see the GUI as lipstick on a pig. Linux is far > from a pig and some people like lipstick, or so I am told. :) The GUI is > good for many users. They would never use a computer otherwise. Besides it > gives programmers something to do and makes their work accessible to the > masses. > > I for one will never buy a Mac even if they were the only computer maker > left. I love open source and free software and Apple is at the exact > opposite. They are freedom haters that take from open source and give > nothing back, worse than Microsoft. I say this as someone whose first > computer was an Apple II. It was open and free as you like then Jobs killed > it off and came up with a closed computer for non techies and called it the > Mac. Yuck! > > So if Linux is for me. I love everything about it. My new computer came with > Windows 7 and it is better than XP which is all that I can say is good about > it. I booted it up a few times and played with it, but it does not work the > way I want it to. Linux does because I have real choice from the > distribution to the desktop environment to the file system it uses. > > Trial by release? What OS does not? Did you follow Microsoft's problems with > Vista at all? Even Windows 7 which is just Vista re-done properly is filled > with problems. Have you heard of patch Tuesday when you can have 50 patches > in one day? Everybody patches, including Apple, and they control all of the > variables, hardware and software. In comparison Linux is a breeze, IMO. > Patches are often released the same day whereas Windows users have to live > with them for weeks before Microsoft (same for Apple) admits it and then > more weeks before they issue a patch. Linux is transparent. At least you > know what problems exist because everything is out in the open. > > I love the fact that you can still work at a basic level or use a GUI with > all of the bells and whistles. We have choice and not having choice is what > is bad. Things are headed in directions that Linux is ideally suited and > away from the desktop where it has had marginal success. The future is all > about servers and devices. Servers are about the commandline and devices are > about GUIs. Both are here to stay for a long time. > > Roy > > Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit > Location: Canada > > > On 7 December 2010 10:28, Paul <pfrederi...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Sorry, Roy, I just think you are wrong. I think you read what > > > you wanted into his reply. I am sure I am doing the same. That > > > said, I would NEVER recommend Arch to a new user. Would I recommend > > > Arch later? Absolutely. Again, walk before you run or better > > > stated: ready, aim, fire, not ready, fire, aim. There is enough to > > > get used to in Linux using Ubuntu or Mint first. Suggesting the user > > > would be better suited to go to Arch or Slackware first is an > > > excellent way to get the new user to convert back to Windows and > > > say, "Linux is just too hard to learn." > > > > > > Loyal > > > > > > > You know back in 95 it was all difficult but somehow we managed to survive. > > Or more likely you don't! I have to admit I do learn a lot with the more > > automated newer flashier distros out there today. > > > > I learn things like lipstick on pigs does not in fact make pigs any more > > attractive to us real pig lovers. Quite the opposite in fact. > > > > The Linux way is fire, fire, fire, then forward observers send back bug > > reports, if any live through the ordeal. Trial by release. > > > > Maybe you should think long and hard about all your misconceptions relating > > to Linux and evaluate if it is the right OS for you? Your warm and fuzzy > > candyland ain't what Linux is all about. Go buy a Mac if that is what you're > > after. I have been hearing a lot of good things about that Windows 7 stuff > > lately too... > > > > Linux is too hard to learn all of it, has been since about the first time > > Linus accepted a patch, and it is getting harder everyday too! > > > > Now if you'll excuse me I need a custom kernel for my new machine here. And > > no it ain't easy! > > > > export CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=4 > > > > $ time fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --revision=3:giga.1.0 kernel_image > > > > . > > . > > . > > > > real 19m19.001s > > user 63m6.617s > > sys 5m41.477s > > > > Thats right, we bad! > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
