[Sussex] Fair's idea's

[John D.]

On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 22:49 +0000, Steve Dobson wrote:

>   The GNU Tool set.
>   EMacs

Erm, I know I'm just checking my mail before some sleep, but even after
2 years + of linux,

a) I haven't got a scooby how to use Emacs (I get by with nano and
kwrite - plus I can just about change a few lines/do a save in VI).

and 

b) What does the GNU Tool set do/used for???

My point being, that you'd probably grab more attention with app's of a
type that are more likely to be familiar to a "windows punter"!

That's probably why my status as "LUG nugget" is assured, I still have
lots of windows ideas/concepts/methods floating around my head. I'm
happy with familiar looking app's, and worry about how they work, when
they go wrong! i.e. having a /home partition so if it all goes pear
shaped I can just say sod it, and re-install - nothing lost!!!

Not really the attitude for a true "LUG-ite", I know, but the best I can
do without loosing whats left of the small amount of sanity since
getting into this "linux lark"!

Just a thought !

regards

John D.
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