Re: LUCI: Linux Newbie Meeting Tuesday 1/10

[Derek Agar <derekagar@yahoo.com>]

How did that talk go?
Is the next regular meeting on the 24th?

--- "Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith@ieee.org> wrote:

> On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 00:26 -0600, Danny Sauer
> wrote:
> > It stopped me from locally installing on a P100
> with 16MB RAM (until I
> > took the drive out and mounted it in another
> machine)... ;)
> 
> Windows is not defined by its installer.
> Unfortunately, that's 99% of what Linux reviews
> focus on.
> 
> So what's the best distro for a newbie?
> 
> My answer ...
> 
>    It's the same distro that someone else who is
> already using
>    their computers for the same reasons as the
> newbie.
> 
> I.e., pair new people up with those seasoned Linux
> users who are doing
> the same things they are, especially from the same
> industry/usage.
> 
> They will:
> 
> A)  Get someone who best knows their needs/lingo
> 
> [ As my friend Brian Ashe fondly says, "people don't
> use OSes, they use
> apps." 
> 
> B)  Someone who has already fought most of their
> issues,
> 
> [ Again, requote Brian Ashe here too ]
> 
> C)  They will get the best tech support for that
> distro
> 
> [ Because, again, they've got someone who is already
> using Linux for the
> same apps as them, on the same distro as them. ]
> 
> After the new user gets more familiar with Linux,
> they can always come
> back to looking at different distributions.  The big
> issue is getting
> them working on Linux _now_ -- _not_ just installing
> it.  There's
> nothing more enfuriating for a newbie to keep
> re-installing different
> Linux distros in the hope it will "be the one they
> want" (which is a
> rather skewed/ignorant viewpoint, because they are
> probably looking for
> what they're used to -- Windows! ;-) and not
> actually using it.
> 
> And _always_ remember that Freedomware (Open
> Standards via Open Source)
> software _is_ available for Windows should they not
> be prepared to
> switch yet.  It's always nice to see people jump
> into Linux, but if they
> aren't going to use it, it's better to see them on
> Windows creating all
> _new_ documents in a format they can better edit on
> Linux at a latter
> time.
>  
> 
> -- 
> Bryan J. Smith   mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org
> http://thebs413.blogspot.com
> ------------------------------------------
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> 
> 
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