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Superboyac is throwing in the towel: I'm going to transition to Linux
mouser:
I think it will be a great experience for you if you take more of a hacker mindset to it -- don't expect everything to be go perfectly smoothly and for it to be a smooth "transition" -- think of it more like exploring an alternate reality.
superboyac:
I think it will be a great experience for you if you take more of a hacker mindset to it -- don't expect everything to be go perfectly smoothly and for it to be a smooth "transition" -- think of it more like exploring an alternate reality.
-mouser (February 29, 2012, 04:58 PM)
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it will take practice, but that's something I have to get used to thinking about. :-[
My psychological battle is going to be:
"I want to set up a file server by only pressing a single button."
vs.
"I want to set up a file server, but first I need to learn the Linux scripting syntax, then customize some scripts I found on the web, then spend hours putting it all together and getting it to work before I ask skwire and mouser to make me the button above for 12 donation credits."
Stoic Joker:
I gotta make popcorn for this show...
There are times when CLI/scripting really is easier than a GUI ... Especially if you have to drill through 900 dialogs to find setting X.
While not a recommendation (I'd go with 40 for those), I do like, and periodically play around with Slackware.
sword:
I have been moving to Linux recently. I tried most of the 'live' CD versions and like, in order of preference, Knoppix, Mint v12, Puppy, Vector, Berry. I found using them on a laptop to be *very* frustrating [hardware problems]. I liked Mint v12 so much that I installed it to hard drive a couple of weeks ago and it is fun and the package management works very well [prolog, emacs]. I plan to remaster and burn small live specialist CDs for specific tasks. Cheers.
40hz:
There are times when CLI/scripting really is easier than a GUI ... Especially if you have to drill through 900 dialogs to find setting X.
-Stoic Joker (February 29, 2012, 05:27 PM)
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...or you just want to write a nice script, chron it, and maybe get home before 9:00pm some night for a change. ;D
Because if you don't you'll eventually end up morphing into a BOFH!!!!! :tellme:
I liked Mint
-sword (February 29, 2012, 06:37 PM)
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Me too. It's the only distro I've ever used that was able to recognize and configure my antique Belkin FD9050 USB wifi adapter right out of the box.
That alone was proof enough to me Mint is the ideal first distro for most users. Such attention to detail! :Thmbsup:
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