[Glastonbury] New to it

[Kelvin McNulty]

Dear List and especially Maurice,

I guess I too have found that some people (not everyone) on this list are 
somewhat dedicated to one particular distribution rather than any other.

I get on just fine with SuSE, which I was introduced to by one of the list's 
Debian devotees. It knocks spots of Windoze for stability, and I can still 
run Windoze Office applications on it using the (paid for) Crossover Office 
package. At the time that I first installed SuSE on one of my three computers 
(all were then running Windoze, 2 on 98 and 1 on ME) I was just so delighted 
that SuSE installed itself in an hour or so without my having to make and 
enter lists of all the features of the computer. The one thing I did have to 
work on was disc partitioning and that feels like good basic knowledge to 
have to keep things running and even that is not needed now that I no longer 
have to keep Windows on any of the computers. When I have had problems I have 
often found Google to be very helpful with solving them.

I wish you well with Linux, and in general I do not try to convert other 
people to Linux from Windows, though I do tell them that Linux exists and 
that they have a choice other than Windows. I'm sure you can manage without 
us by Googling for the information that you need. And if nothing else works 
for you, get a secondhand computer for about GBP200.00 that has about 128M of 
Ram and around 10GB of disc and at least a 200Mhz processor and install SuSE 
8.1 on it. This will work even with only 64M RAM but 128 is better.

I have to say that in general computers and the Internet are very complex 
things and I don't think anyone on planet actually understands them in their 
entirety... I say Keep It Simple and work with what works...

Best,

Kelvin

On Thursday 16 December 2004 20:48, peter cole wrote:
> Maurice
>
> I am sorry that you feel that way, some times things can get a bit high
> handed.
> As with linux there are choices for everyone.
> I started off with redhat about 5 years ago ( i still regard my self as
> a bit of a newbie)then onto mandrake from verson 8.1 through to 9.1 now
> onto Knoppix on the hard dirve my reson for change was purely for
> package installation reasons, As the lug in Glastonbury has only been
> going 18 months most of my expearence has come from books and magazines
> and the Dorset lug before the Glasonbury one started.
>
> People may get more into distro flame wars as there preferneces some
> times thigs do get a off topic at times but this does not mean that
> there is not useful information on the mailing list.
>
> I am lucky that i have 2 computers my main pc wholy Linux and a laptop
> that i experment with for different distros.
>
> Regards
>
>
> Peter
>
> On Thu, 2004-12-16 at 15:18, mauricemail wrote:
> > Well, for a year or so I've taken in your meandering, your jargon, your
> > eliteness and I'm really p*ssed off.
> >
> > For a guy who just wants to just install Linux and use applications this
> > is definitely not the place to be.
> >
> > I do wish you well because I hate m$ but if you represent the alternative
> > you seem to be swimming against the tide.
> >
> > I'll try and discover a way to use linux without you.
> >
> > Goodbye
> >
> > Maurice