Re: Curious...Are most of you in tech-related careers/schooling?
Scott --sidewalking-- wrote:
All,
I am new to the Linux world and have settled on Debian as my winning
horse for learning Linux, to the best of my abilities. The talk on
this list is a little out of my comprehension now, as I am so new...
I wonder if all (or most) of you are in similar careers and that is
why you are so proficient with compiling and testing and tweaking
all of this stuff. Or is it just a hobby that has gone on for so
long that you have advanced your knowledge of Linux/Debian to these
levels that all of you are at?
I do electronics design as work, but electronics is also a
hobby. There seems to be no line between them;) I wanted linux
for the compiler tools (for micro-controllers). I tried mandrake 7
for 6 months but ditched linux altogether for a few years because
i could get no help on how to configure all the various things
such as X, desktops, etc, and couldn't even find how linux worked
(boot process, etc). Installing/uninstalling stuff was a nightmare
with rpm dependency problems. I had another go at linux a few
months ago and tried debian because it was 'odd', and could
be installed over a dialup line. The debian web site was strange
with its basic text look and the odd post about the apt-get system
seemed interesting. I'd always hated unix users because every single
one i've talked to outside of the linux community was a totally
arrogant shit. I could smell proprietry unix users from a mile away.
I'd rather have win95 anyday just to piss off the unix types that
made it so hard for me to do anything useful on the HPUX boxes i
used to use at the previous job. Since being on this debian list
and getting a bunch of cheap unix/linux books, i know a fair bit
of how to use and configure linux usefully. This list is the best;)
My biggest interest on linux is as a development system for micro-
controllers, and writing electronics CAD programs. I'm learning
gnome/gtk+/gdk, and will master lex and yacc. You can drown in
too many things to learn. Just configuring a windows manager like
fvwm2 or learning vim is not a 10minute job. The best thing i did
was to install debian over the net, because then i could install
it bit by bit, understanding it a piece at a time. IMHO, it's not
good for a newbie to install the whole works and kitchen sink at
once if they want to find out how to configure things well without
a gui. Think that's enough. Rant off;)
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