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- neko, on 04/18/2008, -0/+4..."but many hard-core Linux users stick with its command-line interface, which harkens back to DOS."
:facepalm: - Philluminati, on 04/18/2008, -0/+3People who *really* use the command line a lot tend to have gnome / kde with lots terminals open. That way they can switch quickly and easily and see everything at once. Plus the higher resolutions and other miscellaneous apps you have open (pidgin, xchat, firefox, amarok) make it a much more pleasant experience.
- thelastknowngod, on 04/18/2008, -0/+2for some of the best newbie centric howtos on the web check out the Linux Reality podcast at http://www.linuxreality.com.
the show has just had its last episode not too long ago but the information is gold. - Remmy, on 04/18/2008, -0/+2Well, the fact that he works at c|net wasn't exactly a plus either. Seriously. c|net was at one time (circa 1998) the cutting edge. Unfortunately, like most sharp things it dulled over the years.
- Philluminati, on 04/18/2008, -0/+2Of course he did. It's a different operating system and things work differently. No one is born with knowledge about how computers work. You have to learn these things. It's like speaking a different language, you can pick it up but not straight away and not without practice.
- Philluminati, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1I think they're digging from telnet ;-)
- weizbox, on 04/18/2008, -1/+2yea seriously.. what's up with that?
I'm sure everyone uses some CLI at one time or another, but most everyone, including us Gentoo nerds still have a desktop env.. we just do a lot of the config/package management/etc from the command line. Unless it's a server or something, it will probably have a GUI.... and even some servers have a light desktop env to make things a bit easier.
I'd like to meet these 'hard-core Linux users' that don't use X... digging from Links? ;) - weizbox, on 04/18/2008, -0/+1lol. well done :D
- weizbox, on 04/18/2008, -1/+1hell yea.. I can't have my 90% transparent background of gnome-terminal always-on-top unless I have some live vid stream behind it ;)
- weizbox, on 04/18/2008, -1/+1well yea, I expect everyone to have to go through some sort of learning process when switching an OS, or anything else for that matter... but this guy already knew computers pretty well and had a lot tougher time getting things set up in Linux than if he were to switch from OSX to Win or Win to OSX.
'...I spent the better part of an afternoon troubleshooting my inability to get Flash animations to play...'
This certainly would not happen in OSX or Windows.... even if you were new to the OS. Same goes for his problems with his wif adapter. Once some of these basic issues are dealt with, I think the transition would be comparable to that of switching from/to other major operating systems. All of his stuff was able to work in the end.. but its the process that can get him there that seems to be improved. - LANjackal, on 04/18/2008, -2/+1"The ability to apply different interfaces to the OS was a novel concept after years of the Windows monolith."
Ummm... Stardock? WindowBlinds? Another one of the myriads of Windows customization tools out there? Since XP, the Windows kernel has been separate from its shell, allowing just about any 3rd party to change the external look and feel of the OS' GUI. Duh. I can't believe this is the guy they have writing advice articles for Windows. You have got to be kidding me. - weizbox, on 04/18/2008, -2/+1Just goes to show you that Linux isn't quite ready for the average user yet... even Ubuntu. This guy worked/works at c|net and still had a lot of work and research to do in order to get everything working.
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