[TriLUG] Some Newbie Linux Questions

[al johnson]

Well, I now know that my vote for Lisa wasn't wasted!! 

I should have added, there ought to be one class on how to protect your Linux 
system from destruction by the user doing something incredibly stupid.!  :-)) 
 No, I haven't done anything that stupid yet, but I worry about it big time 
now that I've left the Windoze fold. If I can make Pan do what I want, then 
it will definitely be BYE, BYE Bill Gates FOREVER!!. And if something should 
happen to my Linux hard drive, I still have another Unix machine to fall back 
on--my Mac Powerbook, UNTIL I can get Linux reloaded on a new hard drive. 
Apparently, while the hard drives are much cheaper than ever, but this is 
definitely a case of "You get what you pay for."  Thanks for the note, Lisa!! 
Keep those guys on the SC in line!!  ---Al Johnson  
P.S. Incidentally the guys on Tech Tv's Screensavers made the same 
observation that I did that teaching how to recompile the Linux kernel is not 
something for Linux beginners.  Not to say it isn't useful, it's just too 
much for beginners to be able to undertake. 
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On Tuesday 31 December 2002 09:09 am, you wrote:
> al johnson wrote:
> > This leads me to the conclusion that instead of having newbie classes on
> > a complicated subject like recompiling the kernel, maybe we should start
> > with the basics. O.K. thanks to an installfest you now have a working
> > Linux machine. How to get the essentials working and how do you deal with
> > the Differences between the applications you were familiar with but can't
> > use anymore. --email, burning disks, figuring out how the basic graphics
> > programs.
>
> Hey Al! Just wanted to let you know that I hear you :) After things calm
> down at my house, I'll have time to work on a more detailed schedule for
> classes in 2003. Rest assured I'll be trying to balance newbie classes
> and advanced classes as I can. I've taken ideas from the list on classes
> to have - and we could have one every month for at least a year :)
>
> As a teaser - we're in the process of setting up an installfest in
> February. I will also be working on either information for newbies to
> give out at the installfest (which I'll make available on the main web
> site) or perhaps I'll also be able to setup a class for beginners.
>
> Stay tuned to the list and thanks for everyone's patience :)
> Lisa B.
>
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