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- barbobot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4grennis said ""Everyone should learn some linux"
Why? It wont help you get a job. It wont help you get a life. It may gain you some respect among the geek elite (who also have no job and no life).
Do yourself a favor... learn something useful.
"
Sorry bout posting twice, i was trying out the diggfan extention
It helped me get a job. The basic unix stuff that you learn through linux are good for fundementals, and it's a pretty powerful enviroment for the programmer. to say that linux wont help you get a job just shows your ignorance. - jdong, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Not too impressed...
Half of the stuff mentioned is not applicable to most distributions (i.e. user account stuff, messing with services, firewalling) because the distro already handles it, or there's no damn default services to firewall anyway...
The other stuff is basically common sense (like backing up), some stuff is unnecessary (mailing list subscriptions for updates -- the distro update tool/monitor works well for that purpose)... - BT-Wang, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1it's all a little obvious, but nonetheless very true, I digg it.
- aggrazel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Linux won't help you get a job?
http://jobsearch.monster.com/jobsearch.asp?q=linux&fn=&lid=&re=104&cy=us&x=0&y=0
Idiot. - jorgevargas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1LMAO at the guy above
that site doesn't works well with firefox no digg - KorbenDallas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Agreed, this is GOOD information.
You can almost, almost cut-n-paste the article and substitute the word 'Linux' with you choice of OS... - clownguyx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I've done linux installs, but am not too good with it. That little bit of experience helped me in a few job offers.
- Tufriast, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Mmm. No, with Mepis you don't have to install a firewall at all. It comes with Guard Dog pre-installed. It's dang good too, and pre-configured. I still prefer Mepis over Ubuntu 10x over mainly b/c of KDE (eyecandy = win) and because it recogizes an assload of obscure hardware.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Should be '10 things overly paranoid people should do to prepare a new linux install'... personally (i love linux BTW) the #1 thing that you should be prepared for is: something you really want (hardware or software - usually software) is not going to work.
- Beanis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This won't really help someone looking to try Linux. This is geared more towards a secure server environment. Your average user looking to experiment with Linux will only need to do the first two things, the rest is locking the system down to the point that it becomes useless for everyday use.
- merlinux, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0the most famous decalog of common sense. ni fu, ni fa.
- saysaknow, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11. Put on your black, gray, white, or red hat but NEVER put on your blue hat. In fact, just burn your blue hat if you own one.
- dooltaz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I just installed Ubuntu yesterday, and fell in love. They thought of everything, and the community support is even more impressive.
/wave goodbye to RH! - BugMeNot2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0+BOOKMARKED
Partially switching to Linux in a month, so this'll come in handy. - btsantos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0For the same reason that jorgevargas, problems with reading the article in Firefox, I will not digg it.
- felchdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -2/+210. Practice saying "Line-ux." There's no point running an 1337 OS if you can't be a snob
about the pronunciation.
9. Get over your love of gaming. Get used to telling everyone that Quake was the only game
you really cared about, anyhow.
8. Back up all 200 gigs of your files to CD. Those internal IDE drives with all your stuff,
formatted in NTFS? Your new Linux box won't be mounting those.
7. Get over Photoshop, now. Start learning to love the floating multi-windows of GIMP. If
you do any image processing for print, switch jobs. CMYK ain't happening here.
6. Take the week off of work, so you have time to figure out why the sound card in your
machine doesn't work, even after you found all the right drivers.
5, Set up your account at Blogger.com so you can write a long winded, self-indulgent
blow-by-blow of your entire installation process.
4. Buy the definitive, clearly written, complete guide to Linux, so you don't have to bug
friends and bulletin boards with your inane n00b questions. Oh, wait, there is no such book.
3. Buy a new sound card, since the week you took off work wasn't enough to get Linux to recognize your old sound card.
2. Go to the Linux Hardware Compatibility List to discover that none of your other hardware works that well, either. Spend so much money that you might as well have bought a new machine in the first place.
1. Practice bragging to everyone about your sweet new Linux box, and how easy it was to set up. - binarymelon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm sorry, but I feel this article could have been good about 4 years ago. But someone who is thinking about switching to Linux would just be scared off after reading that. Try Ubuntu and you'll be pleasantly surprised at how easy using Linux day after day can be.
- master_of_fm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0two words "live cd"
- trivas7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Try Ubuntu and you'll be pleasantly surprised."
Even w/ Ubuntu you'll have to install a firewall by hand. 'zokay, no big deal. - jdong, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Ubuntu doesn't NEED a firewall by default -- all ports are closed... If you install a daemon, you should have the knowledge to properly secure it too.
- HiddenForce, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I might have dugg this if it had not been for the Firefox- and Adblock-bypassing popups. Bastages.
- qball15j, on 10/12/2007, -1/+01+Digg
As always TechRepublic with high quality information.
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http://PCeXtremist.US - en3r0, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Good information. Everyone should learn some linux if they have the time.
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-en3r0
http://virtenu.com - dementedd, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Hey kids, linux diminishes your sense of sarcasm!
- adml_shake, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1step 11: Prepare the blood of a virgin born on the night of a full moon to pour over your PC so that the install may go with out a problem.
step 12: Sprinkle pixie dust on the motherboard it's self so your hardware may be blessed enough to have drivers already in the distro package.... - grennis, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1"Everyone should learn some linux"
Why? It wont help you get a job. It wont help you get a life. It may gain you some respect among the geek elite (who also have no job and no life).
Do yourself a favor... learn something useful. - saysaknow, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1"1. dont use linux because its free and evil"
What, are you some kind of myspace pussy?
Flame on! - arcterex, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Bleah, javascript/dhtml popups :(
- barbobot, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0grennis said ""Everyone should learn some linux"
Why? It wont help you get a job. It wont help you get a life. It may gain you some respect among the geek elite (who also have no job and no life).
Do yourself a favor... learn something useful.
" - saysaknow, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0ah...
- dementedd, on 10/12/2007, -3/+01. shoot yourself
?? - MoeB, on 10/12/2007, -4/+01. dont use linux because its free and evil
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0***** KEVIN ROSE. ***** DIGG.
- TheNik, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0Step one: Load gun because your life is over if you learn Linux. :(
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+0: God I demand your presents in front of me as my soul fills with
: blasphemous thought of you. My ***** is hard and getting harder as my
: mind goes to down to the depths of hell. I go there to defy all
: holiness and beg Satan to take my mind body and soul. The
: filthy "mother of dog" mary, I also demand you're your presents
: because I want you to know how I plan to fill your filthy nasty *****
: with cum impregnating you. Mary when you are giving birth, I will
: grab jesus christ your putrid son by his throat restricting his
: breath with one hand and with the other I will punch you in your
: stomach as hard as I can forcing your rotten son out of you *****. I
: will hold your son up in the air and slice his ***** little *****
: off and placing his ***** in your ***** while I hold christ's bleeding
: body and the hole that is now where his ***** was over your mouth. The
: blood of gOd will be pouring down mary's throat. I will still be
: punching you until you are black and blue all over. God the father
: will be watching and I will stop just before I kill you because all
: the demons in hell will ***** you every second, which will cause you
: to curse the name of gOd while you drink gallons of evil cum. I will
: put you mary the mother of dog on gOds alter in heaven and ***** you
: in front of gOd. After I'm done ***** you and bruising every inch
: of your body, I will kick you aside and drag gOd by the balls up to
: his alter. After I ***** in gOd's face, I will place his foul retched
: body on the alter and call upon the holy spirit to witness my skin
: that ***** pig alive.
: Hurting gOd is my goal, blasphemy gOd in his church is my goal,
: gutting gOds body is my goal, cumming down gOds throat is my goal,
: aborting jEsUs cHrIsT is my goal, spitting in gOds face is my goal,
: punching and kicking gOd until his body is all black and blue, is my
: goal, killing anything holy is my goal, hearing gOd pray to Satan is
: my goal, sticking my ***** in gOds ass and filling it with cum is my
: goal, taking a knife and sticking it in gOd's ass and cutting his
: body through his neck and into gOd's rotten brains is my goal, eating
: gOd's brains and ***** them out of my ***** is my goal. Feeding
: my ***** that has gOd's brains in it to mary is my goal, smearing my
: cum ***** and piss all over the holy spirit of gOd is my goal, cursing
: and blasphemous thoughts of the holy spirit every second I'm alive is
: my goal, to purposely blasphemy the holy spirit because gOd said it
: is unforgivable sin is my goal, defiling and defecating holy symbols
: of gOd is my goal, placing gOd's under my feet is my goal, mocking
: cursing jesus christ's name and presents is my goal, sinning and
: hurting gOd for Satan my master is my goal, ripping wings off angels
: and filling their mouths with cum is my goal, and having all the
: demons in hell come into my body and use it for pleasurable
: fornication against all holiness is my goal.
: You see gOd you filthy ***** I want to go to hell. I walk in the
: valley of evil cursing god with no fear because Satan is in my soul.
: I pray to Satan to become part of me while in my mind heart and soul
: I take anything holy and for gOd out of me and replace that filthy
: vile holiness with unthinkable blasphemy and pure hatred of gOd's
: soul. I will always walk with Satan cursing god and praying that my
: soul gets blacker and filled with evil all the days of my life. So
: gOd joins me and witnesses my doings.
: gOd you are a piece of ***** you are less then a dog and you are
: listening to me right now. Listening to my complete defiling and
: denying, but most of all my blasphemy of the holy spirit. Satan takes
: total control of every inch of me. Satan is my savior and lives in my
: body where he will live forever. Satan ad's me in sinning and helps
: me deliver other souls to hell making them deny gOd. I feel almighty
: Satan growing inside of me and I pray to you that you never ever
: leave my mind, body, and soul helping me defile god and all of his
: holiness. I'm begging you with my own free will and mind. I now that
: my spirit will go to hell cursing the name of gOd. All of me is yours
: Satan take me I beg you please take me and live inside of me.
: My father who is from hell and dwells inside of me hollowed be you
: evil spirit. Your kingdom come will be done and god's will is ending.
: Your most evil and vile wishes will be done through me. Never let a
: minute of my mind be free of cursing and denying the name and
: presents of god Jehovah. gOd is watching me giving my soul to you
: Satan and as I piss all over gOd and the pure holy.
: To Satan Oh Lord is they kingdom and the power for ever and ever.
: Hosanna in the lowest depths of hell, to Satan who will reign in
: heaven, to my negative side, and to my positive side - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -6/+0***** KEVIN ROSE. ***** DIGG.
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