I had the same feeling for about a week after first installing linux a year
or so ago. Since then, though, I can tell you that linux has opened up a lot
more opportunities to actually learn new things about computers in general.
I'm heavily into computer graphic art now simply because you have at your
disposal an awesome image manipulation program, GIMP. I never would have
purchased Photoshop for Windows at the price it is, and therefore never
would have known what I could do in that genre. I've also learned a ton
about computer programming. I still can't say I'm proficient in any language
but C/C++, but messing around with so many different languages will make you
think differently about programming.
To sum it up, linux is just fun. Look around the web for apps to try out,
experiment with. You'll be able to get into just about anything you want to,
at what cost... Nuttin. :>
Eric
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Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 4:28 AM
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Subject: [newbie] What to do with Linux...
>
> I hope that this is a help to you. This is the way that I used to install
> and it worked Ok. Now that I have it installed I have no idea what to do,
> but that is another matter.
>
Hi David,
The question is _what_ do you want to do? (And where do you want to go
tomorrow?
:))
Linux is more than capable enough to do whatever you want it to. It's just
an
OS. (okay, okay, you freaks, it's just a _kernel_ but this is _newbie_ land!
:))
Since migrating from NT, I've been using Linux everyday for everything.
(except
playing games...which is not all that often, due to my schedule)
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Kuraiken - Apprentice Codecaster
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