[Tfug] ubuntu

[sitkaa at email.arizona.edu]

Avoiding code is just not possible in linux.
Code is Greek to me.

I have tried code with ForTran, Pascal, Basic, VB, HTML, an obscure lang. for
programming data loggers, and probably others I don't remember. I should know
by now that I am not very good at code. Really, just can't do it. My mind just
doesn't work like that. So, ...

There is no real way to get linux completely working without delving 
into code.
Does this mean I am shut out of the world of linux? Disparaged as being a
perpetual obstinate idiot newbie?

I wish I could contribute, but what I would contribute is just not code.

Michael




Quoting Steve <lukkystarr at excite.com>:

> (catching up with this thread, very interesting)
>
>
>
> "Don't complain about not having someone to hold your hand in 
> learning an OS if you don't want to invest the time to take a class."
>
>
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> This is it, in a nutshell.  It takes time.  Everything done on a 
> computer takes time to learn, even with Windows.  When someone says, 
> "I want it to just work", they aren't taking into consideration the 
> learning curve they've already climbed.  There are plenty of adults 
> yet today getting a taste of computers for the first time, and they 
> seem dumber than a box of rocks to another that has used a computer 
> even for just a few years.  For that 'newbie' even windows is greek, 
> and a few throw up the hands in frustration in the absence of someone 
> willing to hold their hand.
>
>
>
> I know a lady that has refused to take the time to utilize the 
> resources on the Internet to learn how to use her windows box.  She 
> had it for years and struggled with basic stuff until her kids 
> crashed the HD.  Someone told her a Mac would be easier to use, so 
> she bought one.  Then what does she do?  She pays $100 to take some 
> 1-on-1 once a week to learn how to use some of the software on the 
> computer.  In the end, she will tout Apple as being 'easier', because 
> that is what she learned on, never even considering that she may have 
> done the same with windows or linux.
>
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