Linux system...dressed downfrom yesterday.

[Karen Lewellen]

Anne,
lol!
But mom...... can i make blood if i clean up afterwards? grin.
Of course I plan to read everything, although i need not rely on Janina's 
ideas as i have gotten many off list and from early research.
believe me, as someone who has had to spend a lot of time reading and 
understanding federal regulations the documentation reads like a fiction 
novel.
My idea of having the system built for me has to start with my reading and 
understanding programs and commands, as I intend to tell the party 
involved what is desired.  Cannot do this without understanding the 
situation, in fact that may have been
The mistake I made with the system I thought I was going to get.  Trusting 
the person to be forthright.
In any case your idea crosses many professions, people take your questions 
more seriously if you have done your homework.
I intend to do this fully, choosing the package that gives me what i 
require, and reading all i can find.
If nothing else I will have a lot of good research for a radio story.
Thanks  for the funny Anne, and thanks to all who have given me ideas for 
my search both on list and off.
Karen

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Ann Parsons wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Ladies, ladies, please!  No blood, please no blood, if you must yowl
> and scratch each other, please make sure that there is no blood.  I
> hate the sight of blood!
>
> What's all the hoopla?  If I were choosing a distribution of Linux,
> and I needed help, I would tend to choose the one which was used by
> the most people whom I felt might be able to help me.  Might I suggest
> that Karen you try looking into Debian.  It is a user friendly distro,
> and I think you may have more luck in getting help installing it.
> You may also want to begin the reading program which Janina has
> outlined.  Why?  Because as you begin to do things in Linux, you will
> learn to understand what you read.
>
> I know that the documentation may seem daunting, but I'd prefer having
> docs to not having them.  <Psst> I'll tell you a secret about linuxers
> in general.  If you make an effort to read documentation, they are
> much more likely to help you.  It's sort of an initiation thing,
> Karen.  It proves you're willing to stick with the thing and not just
> let other people do it for you.  We're an independent lot here, and we
> encourage self learning, independent exploration and independent
> thought.
>
> Therefore, the ability to say, "I read the man page on chmod, what
> does this mean?"  Makes a terrific impression because it says you're
> an independent explorer too.  Now, if you want help by having somebody
> set up your system for you, then you've got to agree to begin to learn
> how to use that system and to take an active part in what goes on.  If
> you want a system configured for you, suggest you contact Gary
> Lawrence Murphy,  at:  garym at canada.com.  I dunnow if he's still
> building Linux systems for people, but you might try.  In the mean
> time, please, no blood, I just *hate* the sight of blood!!
>
> Ann P.
>
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