Re: [OT] Ubuntu vs Debian forums (was recompiling the kernel with a different version name)
Lisi put forth on 4/11/2010 1:56 AM:
> On Saturday 10 April 2010 22:12:04 Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> On 10 April 2010 00:42, Stan Hoeppner <stan@hardwarefreak.com> wrote:
>>> Stephen Powell put forth on 4/8/2010 9:38 PM:
>>>> For some reason, this well-known proverb is going through my head:
>>>>
>>>> Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
>>>> Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
>>>>
>>>> I'd rather learn to fish.
>>>
>>> This is exactly the reason I chose Debian 10 years ago when I was looking
>>> for my first Linux distro.
> [snip]
>>> I only use Linux for non-GUI servers. I don't use desktop Linux. All my
>>> admin'ing requires knuckle busting. ;) And I like it that way.
>>
>> But you do understand that desktop users _don't_ want to learn about
>> their OS, correct?
>
> Recently I was trying to show my 15 year old granddaughter, who runs Open SuSU
> 11 on her laptop, how to do some small admin job. She said that she didn't
> want to know. When I queried this, she said:
>
> "When I am at school, the IT department does it for me. When I am at home
> here, you do it for me. When I am in Japan, Daddy does it for me. Why do I
> need to know how to do it?"
That sound like a perfect "teachable moment".
How did you answer your granddaughter?
--
Stan
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