On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 19:43, Chris BONDE wrote: > Christian: > Your comments about you being a simple end user should be probed a bit. > After > reading your comments, I would say that you are far from such, very far.
Expertise is a matter of degree. No doubt Christian has progressed from a simple end user to having a lot more knowledge in some areas than most end users. > I donot under stand the separation of OS and desktop. I thought that there > were part > and parcel of each other. Operating systems are in layers so to some extent its a matter of definition. The kernel which deals with the hardware at the lowest level and then layers that manage applications etc. Its why Richard Stallman wants people to refer to GNU/Linux. Linux is the Kernel, most of the rest is the work of GNU and they get a bit miffed that they don't get any recognition. > I was planning on the dual boot so that I could try to learn Linux in what > ever form. > There is no LUG near by. It is difficult to find anyone who knows much about > MS > Windoze. My little knowledge of it is much more than most of the people > here. The > people who know something are trying to make a business of it. The local > small > college has courses for Seniors, short one free, longer ones fee. However, > all the > software is MS. It is the predominant one. If you try Mandrake I can give you some help by E-mail. I learnt what I know by trial and error and I haven't had too many problems. I'm no Linux guru, but usually I can keep things going OK. I have just added a new hard drive so I'm learning a bit more about mount points etc. There are plenty of people to give you a hand so just go for it. > The reason for learning Linux, for me, was to find out so that I could start > encouraging people to use it. I am trying to learn OOo. From there I shall > try to > encourage the use thereof in this area. I have just finished writing a tutorial style set of lessons for the Bronze INGOT so I can E-mail it to you. Its based on OOo2.0 running on Windows XP. If you can do everything in the 10 lessons you can also get a Bronze INGOT certificate. Then I can make you an assessor and you can do the same for other people. You could even run courses and make a bit of money teaching people the basic of OOo. > One of the business, a married couple, was > where I first learned about OOo etc. He will help me with some of my > hardware, but > I shall have to pay as he is earning his living that way. But I think that I > shall be > receiving more help than usual, since he doesnot like the constrictor hold of > MS. Get him to become an INGOT assessor then and add to his business portfolio. -- Ian Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZMS Ltd
