Re: Why do I need to be a %^#$# programmer to use Linux?
Barry -
I'm not a programmer either. I'd like to be and one day even -hope- to be
one (I'm 41, so who knows).
I've experienced my share of frustration with Linux (and FreeBSD, which I also
use and love); however, I have found that the pleasure of using these OSs is
that they teach, and teach well. They actively encourage learning. They interest
and involve.
Sometimes the search is a frustrating one, especially before one has a 'feel
for how things work' (that's clunky, but given the day I'm having, the best I
can do). I have found the community extremely given, if cranky sometimes: the
community of users expects you to try things out yourself first, which a lot of
people don't get.
I don't know the answer to your question, or where you are in your learning
curve. But I've had loads of questions myself along the way and I have always
found the quest worth it. Don't give up!
Glenn Becker
On Fri,
13 Sep 2002, deFreese, Barry wrote:
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> I am doing my darndest to convert but there are just some things that still
> piss me off about Linux. I have Debian running on a Mac in my office, and
> RedHat running on a box at home. I am trying to introduce Linux into our
> environment down here so I have put Debian on a PC here at work to set up a
> fax server using Hylafax.
>
> I had an old 8 port Digiboard laying around so I stuck that in so that I
> could set up multiple inbound fax lines on the box. I download the drivers
> from Digi (which are in rpm packages unfortunately ) and I install them as
> they say. However, when I try to create the packages it fails trying to
> include some functions from asm/io.h and asm/pgtable.h.
>
> I am no programmer and have no way of tracking this shit down. Why should I
> have to? I would love to be a programmer but that ain't my baliwig, I am
> mainly a hardware/infrastructure guy and this kind of stuff is frustrating
> as hell.
>
> I suppose I don't really expect a reply to this, other than flaming, RTFM,
> wha wha, etc. but I had to vent.
>
> BTW, if anyone has any ideas about how to get this damn thing working I
> would GREATLY appreciate it!
>
> Thanks..
>
> Barry deFreese
> NTS Technology Services Manager
> Nike Team Sports
> (949)-616-4005
> Barry.deFreese@nike.com
>
> "Technology doesn't make you less stupid; it just makes you stupid faster."
> Jerry Gregoire - Former CIO at Dell
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