[Tfug] Where to start

[Jeffry Johnston]

I skipped arround as you say, until I found a distro that worked..
Ubuntu.  Until then I didn't want to leave Windows 98SE.  Once I found
one that worked, I was able then to comfortably learn instead of being
constantly aggravated by things not working.

Jeff



On Feb 7, 2008 11:20 AM, Claude Rubinson <rubinson at u.arizona.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 08:04:17PM -0700, christ wrote:
> > I was patient though, and not in school, so I could tinker, break
> > and reinstall a lot, and I did.
> >
> > Notions like 'devices', and mounting them, are just bizarre and
> > daunting when you step into this, but having had to deal with them
> > has allowed me to do some pretty cool things that a more user-
> > friendly environment might have shielded me from.
>
> I completely agree with what Chris says.  In particular, patience is
> key when it comes to *learning* Unix--I don't think that the distro
> one chooses matters at all.  What matters is sticking with it until
> you learn how to get, e.g., the sound subsystem working, not just
> jumping from distro to distro until it magically does.
>
> When I first started with Linux years ago, I could get the sound
> system working.  I think that I was without sound for at least a year,
> probably more.  During that time, I found that (1) I didn't need sound
> quite as much as I originally thought that I did and (2) I learned
> oodles about my system.  I'm not somebody who's going to build a
> linux-from-scratch box but, if something's not working, I'm going to spend
> the time to figure out (1) what's going on and (2) how to properly fix
> it, rather than just searching around for magic incantations.
> (Except, of course, when it comes to wireless networking ;^)
>
> This approach, however, assumes that you have both time and patience.
> Certainly, Ubuntu has its time and place.  But from what I can tell,
> it's not going to be helping you to learn Unix.
>
> Claude
>
>
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