Hi Randy
Good one man this is cool
If you keep this going a i have copy sent to me (
[EMAIL PROTECTED] )
I'm a old bbs sysop ( www.mozysswamp.org ) that has a lot of linux user that
need my
help but i not as good as i make out to be :->
this wound help me out i don have a mailing list server ( if you need a hand
get this out )
( i have to pay by the mb so i'll see what i can do :-> )
Michael Falzon
Last Of The BBs Sysop
Mozy's Swamp BBs & Red Dwarf BBs
http://mozysswamp.yi.org
Gremlin Consultancy P/L
405 Francis Street
Brooklyn, Vic Australia 3025
Ph: 61+ 393153855
Fax: 61+393151585
mobile: 0419235363
Registered Linux user #204397
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From: "Randy Donohoe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 9:54 AM
Subject: [newbie] Fwd: New column
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> Subject: New column
> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 18:18:03 -0400
> From: Randy Donohoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
> I'm writing to ask your help in evaluating a column I'm considering
> submitting to some sites and newspapers. The column is called "The
> Curve", and is basically a tutorial on Linux for the raw beginner.
> There's help for the beginner out there now, but it's so fragmented
> it's frustrating at best. If you don't live near a college that teaches
> Linux, have friends running it, or have a LUG in your area the learning
> "curve" is a nasty one. I picked these lists because I've belonged to
> all of them in my whole eight months of Linux usage, consider them
> fair, and are a more serious forum than the chat rooms. I know some of
> you could care less if the community attracts the mainstream, but due
> to attrition and stagnation it's a necessity, and besides, maybe other
> people like me, who live in the middle of nowhere, would like some
> fellow users to commiserate with. If you don't want to use list
> resources to help or flame me, use [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Thanks,
> Randy Donohoe
>
> The Curve
> by Randy Donohoe
>
> A Beginner's Guide To Linux Proficiency
>
> "The Curve" is a roadmap for learning the Linux operating system by
> use of the information superhighway. If you've wanted to try Linux ,
> but don't have a college or university nearby, a friend using it, or a
> local Linux users' group, here's your reasonably assured of success
> chance. The column will be,for the most part, lineal, although I
> reserve the right to digress at times. I will try to keep it a little
> on the light side, with some humor thrown in like a grenade here and
> there, so it won't be like eating cotton balls. The writing will be as
> non-technical as possible with respect to a computer operating system,
> and where technical I'll explain profoundly. Each week will deal with
> the next progressive step(IMHO) and I will assume you'll deal with each
> in the correct order. Everything necessary to learn and use Linux is on
> the internet, although not in a cohesive unit. My experience is very
> limited but by using the internet I've went from Windows to being able
> to setup, run, maintain, compile kernels(the Holy Grail), switch
> hardware, and perform most everyday tasks with Linux. If, through
> inexperience, I drag you through gravel, mud, and broken glass, I'm
> counting on the gurus out there to get us back on the paved road and
> tell me what other professions I also wouldn't be suitable for. This
> first installment will consist mostly of background you'll need to get
> started. If you're of reasonable intelligence, aren't terrified of your
> computer, and want to give Linux a try, let's go.
> I won't bore you with the history of Linux as I'll assume most
> people have some knowledge of it if they're interested enough to try
> it, but it's a pretty good story of a young, unintentional dragonslayer
> if you get a chance to read about it. What I will bore you with is a
> little of the politics of the movement. Microsoft is considered to be
> the antithesis of the Linux movement by a great majority of that
> movement. Linux and it's applications are generally free, although a
> lot of the users believe in buying the CD's from the companies to help
> with development costs and a lot don't mind buying applications if they
> fill a niche. You can download most distibutions for free over the
> internet if you have a big enough pipeline and whether you bought the
> CD's or downloaded for free, you can actually modify the code. Those
> last nine words probably have them bending over and reaching for
> garbage cans at Microsoft headquarters. Microsoft charges exorbitant
> prices for buggy software, doesn't allow any modification of it's code,
> has licensing restrictions tighter than a whalebone corset, is
> determined to control every aspect of your computing,and even has a
> neat little clause in those licenses that they can come in and go
> through your hard drive with a fine tooth comb(which they're doing with
> greater and greater frequency these days). On top of all this Microsoft
> has called Open Source(even though they use it themselves) un-American
> and communistic. They've dug up ole Senator Joseph McCarthy and brought
> him back to life somehow. If they want to talk about un-American they
> should compare that clause in their license to the amendment in the
> Bill of Rights about unreasonable searches. If they want to call us
> communists for a bit of community spirit they should should look at
> those dangerous groups like the Amish(they actually help each other
> build barns and gather crops, can you imagine?) or maybe the Pilgrim
> story could be rewritten to tell what pinko commies they were. As much
> as most religions warn about greed and the thirst for power I'll bet
> there's more than one person in Redmond with 110110110 on his scalp
> under those Dennis the Menace haircuts up there. Too much work for one
> Antichrist. OK, I've digressed enough for this week, and besides, Billy
> G's cadre of winged, big-teethed monkeys with law degrees have probably
> already been dispatched in my general direction.
> The politics having been taken care of, let's go to your first
> step, picking a distibution. The best way to do this is to read
> everything you can find about the different distibutions out there. If
> you put Linux in the search box of any search engine out there you'll
> get enough hits to guarantee blindness before you read all the hits.
> Each distribution is a little different and sometimes a lot. There are
> ones aimed at the home user, servers, security(firewalls), size, even
> one specialized for music. Once you find one that seems to fit your
> need, get on their mailing list and get a feel for the distro and it's
> community. A word of advice about the mailing lists, hang around awhile
> before you post anything. The people on these lists are on there
> because they like or use that distro and they also are probably not
> that fond of Microsoft. If you dis their distro or try to advance the
> Microsoft cause you'll be smokin' when they get done if not outright
> incinerated. If I can find someone to buy this rag next time we'll get
> started on the resources available on the internet.
> Randy Donohoe
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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