9.04 is now set up on the computer and I've got to figure out how to
put what the ISP wants on the mail server since the terminology is
different. Will have to do that tonight.
Gerry
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From: "Walt Zarnoch" <zarnoch...@gmail.com>
Ubuntu is now using a much different UI from the other *nix versions,
something they homebrewed.
Not saying it's bad, but having used the older Gnome based Ubuntu, it's
different for me.
Walt
On Sep 9, 2011 2:38 PM, "Gerry Archer" <arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote:
Oops. Already ordered 11.xx. I'll try 9.04 while waiting for it to be
shipped. Are the emulations less user friendly for a newbie?
Gerry
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From: "Walt Zarnoch" <zarnoch...@gmail.com>
Try 9.04, it's one of the last Ubuntu releases before they started
trying
to
emulate Mac and Windows.
Walt
On Thursday, September 08, 2011 3:43 PM, "Gerry Archer" wrote:
That's why I want to start with the simpler ones. Software has
always been a challenge. The "way" one thinks about software
versus the way one thinks about hardware seems to be quite
different; i.e. concrete thinking versus abstract thinking perhaps.
"Chemical thinking" was quite a challenge until the "ah ha!"
moment happened, and then it was easy. I'm hoping that
"software thinking" will also eventually have an "ah ha!" moment.
Does that make any sense?
Except in the case of Linux simpler is more complicated. If you go
with
Ubuntu, installation will be little more than inserting an install CD
and
accepting a few prompts.
A "simpler" Linux distribution will have you making decisions about
disk
partitions, doing the partitioning with a command-line tool (fdisk),
formatting those partitions with the filesystems of your choice (more
decisions) then deciding what software you want, then configuring
X-Windows (usually a nightmare, from my experience), configuring your
networking, etc. Is this what you mean by "simpler" ??
Allan
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OK, you and the others have convinced me. I have a Ubuntu 9.04 disc but
there are probably later versions available. I'll order one and try it.
Thanks,
Gerry
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