[PLUG] Ubuntu Dapper Drake Officially Delayed

[Tim Thorpe]

Do we just say that to feel better about ourselves? "it's not easy, nor
should it be!" or like I always tell my parents (they are windows lovers)
"If you want it to just work, get a mac!" I think it's cool that your kids
are learning *nix at a young age, I wish I was more in tune with the tech
world back then. I honestly grew up on apple hardware and microsoft. I
remember DOS hacking like there was no tomorrow, generally to get past what
ever blocks my parents friend tried to throw at me. I demolished more then
my share of computers back in the day but just wish I had the opertunity to
learn *nix younger.

On 3/27/06, Christian <christian at rocksolidservice.com> wrote:
>
> Tim,
>
> Linux is not for the lazy, it is for learners. My kids (from 7-13) use
> Ubuntu with ease. They have their own login, customized desktops etc.
> They do not do any installing because I do not allow them, they could if
> I would let them. I am curious as to what simple things you are still
> trying to do? I understand that most people only use 5-9 applications.
>
> As for understanding the way the files structure works... well, I am not
> sure why you are having difficulties. I would suggest a book on Linux.
> One thing that can be confusing is all of the bin files seems like the
> bin files have bin files which is strange. I can understand some of the
> confusion, but I think some education as to what var or usr or home
> folders are intended to be used for might make your Linux experience
> easier. You sound like a person that wants to know what and how an OS
> works which is a prime user for Linux. Now you just have to put in the
> time and learn it. Good luck.
>
>
> christian
>
> Tim Thorpe wrote:
> > I could go on, and will, but I'm sure I'm going to be told how wrong I
> am
> > (and look forward to my public flogging ;). but for now, here is some
> more
> > food for thought. basicly we need to focus a GUI for the computer idiot.
> not
> > all the world is as smart as us bleeding edge tech guys.
> >
>
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