Re: Anyone newly interested in Debian - you're welcome here
On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 08:48:18 +0000
"Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm at a chat in Debcamp about the experience for new Linux users and
> people new to Debian. It can be intimidating to use Debian and also
> to front up and ask questions.
>
Indeed, I had a go with a Debian and gave up. At a later time, I found
it was probably potato, and the only thing I remember was an entire
screenful of possible mouse configurations, none of which worked. I
eventually found that the mouse device wasn't named correctly on the
page, and got it working. But I moved on to, I think, Mandrake, and
stayed with it for a while.
OK, things are a lot easier now, for many reasons, but it is still a
strange world when all you know is Windows, and then only from a user's
viewpoint. I had a bit of help in that my main client was moving from
an AS/400 to NT4, and I was learning it, so I wasn't afraid of the
command line.
> To make it REALLY clear - anybody and everybody is welcome here: if
> they need us to answer questions that should be fine.
>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_such_thing_as_a_stupid_question
--
Joe
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