On Tue, 2004-06-01 at 04:18, jfweber@bellsouth.net wrote:
OTH, those kids were almost born inside a computer ( back when you actually could wander thru it... and the "print outs: were poleroids!) So they aren't afraid of breaking anything... That has been My biggest difficulty w/ folks who want to try but are afraid they "will do something wrong"... silly, that's how we all learned, at least most of us that can read... screw something up and go read the manual to fixor it... duh!
-- j --
I was told to expect to blow up 8 installs as the price for learning. I did that with one weekend with 8.0 a friend gave me. Went and got 8.2 when it came out and no problems. I am not sure where the 8 figure came from I was told its a magic number or some such flubber. Any way Linux is the OS for those willing to pay dues. It does seem strange that the personal is so much more reported troubles. I have use pro since 7.0 and its only gotten better as time went along. Even with help that first one blew up three times in one weekend and took 9 hours on a PI 233 with 64mb and a 2 speed cdrom. but it ran. The PIII 533 with 512mb with a 40x12x48 liteon took a little over an hour with 9.1 plus YOU after. Likely the PII will take a little longer. Linux == Learning Thankfully we have this list and I have a local group for help. I posted a URL for the international listing. If you need help please look for it. CWSIV