doug@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Doug Dingus) wrote in message
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> Stuart Fuller <stufuller@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> > Doug Dingus wrote:
> > > Well this sounds goofy, but someone once told me:
> > >
> > > If you can learn to compute with Open Source tools, you are set for
> > > life!
> >
> > On the other hand, once you've gotten used to being able to
troubleshoot
> > problems, and even fixing problems, by looking at the sources, it
becomes
> > very difficult to go back to working with software whose source is not
> > available.
>
> Good point actually. For me, the tradeoff is worth it. Besides, as
> time p*****, we are going to see more traditional apps on Linux.
> (Commercial ones) Using them on an Open Source OS is far better than
> not in that you will still have far more options open to you compared
> to those on closed OSes now.
Suse 6.0 when I was 24 in 2001. Until then, I'd never even heard of
Linux. A freind had got for me for my b-day. Never one to turn down a
challange, I dove right in. The only real problem I had was not
knowing how to mount a disk, enter commands or even find the prompt,
connect to the net or even configure my desktop.
Ahh... The good ol' days.
Now I run Mandrake 9.2. Although I'm no guru, I have since learned a
lot more then I ever could have with Windwows.
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