Anthony....I'll bet you weren't really a total newbie 5 months
ago. I was using the term newbie to refer to folks who have
only used a Windows machine or a Mac previously. :-)
Alan
Anthony Huereca wrote:
>
> >
> > P.S. IMHO any newbie who downloads their first install of
> > Linux instead of buying a documented package is truly nuts,
> > and is asking for big problems, but this has nothing to do
> > with the particular disto or version as it applies to them
> > all.
>
> Heh, then I guess I'm certifiably nuts : ) I debated between gettting the
> packaged version or just a plain CD, and I went with the plain CD. I just got
> through by reading a whole whole lot (most of the manual is online, and I
> bought a small Linux book along with the CD), and reinstalling a whole lot after
> I'd screw up. But I did eventually get it right, and I've been running this same
> "version" for about 5 months now. It was definitly a learning experiance, and
> if I had to do it all over again, I'd probally still pick the CD since I've
> probally learned a lot more than I would have if I stuck with the packaged
> version.
>
> --
> Anthony Huereca
> http://m3000.1wh.com
> Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.
