On Sunday 27 November 2005 04:11 pm Ric Whitney kindly wrote:
> Invoked by June Tate's reply to my post on the 1984 thread:
>
> I was never much into Sci-Fi. The closest I ever got was LOTR and
> Thomas Covenant. I used to be a Handyman. I read a lot of
> Shakespeaere and Dickens - the classic stuff. I started using
> Windows 3.1 in 95, when I got my first computer - a 386 something
> or other. As early as 96 I bought a copy of Redhat 5.2. I guess I
> became disillusioned with the whole Windows thing very quickly. I'm
> still left to ponder my reasons for even showing an interest in
> Linux in the first place. I installed Redhat 5.2 - couldn't get
> any kind of dialtone (had dialup til August 99 when my son was
> born.) . What did /, /usr, /var, /etc mean?
> I was stuck to C:\. I'm not sure where I'm going with this, just
> that I seem to be somewhat ignorant in light of June's post - she's
> so intelligent. I realise that we're all ignorant - only on
> different subjects (Will Rogers). I'm fairly intelligent when it
> comes to book lernin'. I just can't figure out why I turned to
> Linux like I have. Can anyone enlighten me? ;-)
>
> Thanks for listening!
>
> Ric Whitney
I feel much the same way; some people on this list are SO smart! I
know why I first tried Linux, and that was because of all the reasons
I didn't like Windows: lack of security, lack of control, "taking
over" in ways I didn't like. I also wanted to learn more about how
computer stuff worked and figured Linux was a good way to learn. That
was four years ago. What I CAN'T figure out is why I've stuck with it
all these years when I'm so bad at it all! I took a quiz once to see
what O/S I was suited for and it came back "Windows" :-(
Everything about Linux is hard for me. Remembering commands and
commandline syntax is something my brain will never be good at. My BP
goes up every time I have to type in a terminal. When I screw up, I
screw up hugely. Little things like the clock suddenly going all
kattywhompus drive me crazy. I barely grok the man pages.
Linux aggravates the heck out of me, but I've learned to live with it.
And sometimes I actually manage to enjoy it. I figure the constant
mental battle will keep me from developing Alzheimers in my old
age...
Siri Amrit
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