Hi Peter,
After the onslaught of replies for your previous email....
....all I can add is that....
Welcome to the fold. You will find Linux(Unix) a very enjoyable experience
and it in turn will teach you lots of stuff on how an modern OS is put
together and run. You will be constantly learning and that is not a bad
thing.
After 13 years I am still learning new stuff about Unix.... I used to be one
of those who used to do "configure; make" etc... and now I just do "rpm -ihv
" as I could not be bothered. Sometimes it is more enjoyable seeing the end
result and working with it, rather than the ride...
-- Aravind
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Peter Nelson
> Sent: Thursday, 13 July 2000 20:40
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [SLUG] Red Hat Slagging (final)
>
>
> > I know this is very late in the conversation, but being newish
> to Linux and
> > Unix I would have been up sh1t street without RPM and GNORPM.
>
> Many thanks to those of you who replied to my original posting
> above - both
> on and off list, as it highlights the way I feel about the Linux OS.
>
> I am a real Linux newbie, and a few months ago when I had a crack at
> building a Web server for the mob I work for I thought I would give this
> new thing a go.
>
> I chose Red Hat because it seemed to be everywhere - magazines, the Net,
> newspaper articles etc - therefore (to me) a good bet.
>
> It came with Apache, which seemed to be pretty common as well :-).
>
> And finally the box showed all these weird and wonderful screenshots
> (Gnome) that egged me on to want to become a "Unix nerd" like
> people I work
> with and hear about.
>
> The first thing I noticed was that it is *nothing* like Windows to install
> and configure (read: not easy), but that was at the same time daunting and
> exciting.
>
> But to cut a long story short, it works and serves a few hundred pages a
> day as an Intranet server; and I now boot to the command line on
> an old box
> running RH 6.1 at home as I feel as though Gnome is cheating :-) I still
> can't get it to print but I am working on that.
>
> If it wasn't for RH, RPMs and Linuxconf etc I wouldn't be where I am now
> and enjoying the ride. I am thinking about swapping my 98 machine and my
> Linux box around so it takes pride of place. One day.
>
> In summary, I have a long way to go and it is a good challenge. Linux
> acceptance by others like me will come when it has Shrug 'n' Pray, HOW-TOs
> are *MUCH* easier to read and follow, and ALL documentation steps down a
> peg of geek speak and explains things like "type /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd
> reload at the prompt and press enter", rather than "restart Apache". There
> is too much assumed knowledge with some of this stuff.
>
> So for any other Linux newbies out there, the APC Pocketbooks for
> Linux are
> a godsend, and to the Unix/Linux gurus out there - go easy on us, we are
> fscking trying!!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Peter "I nearly typed this in vi" Nelson
>
>
>
>
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