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Re: [PLUG] Beginner's Guide to Linux?
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On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 15:15 -0400, Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
> with things like Gnome Desktop, the differences of Linux are less
> clear to the average user. You can use Linux for a long time, the
> same way you used Windows, without learning the CLI beyond a few basic
> utilities. So maybe it isn't so scary after all.
If only this was true. One problem seems to be that new users are most
likely to want to install the newest of everything, an endeavor which
inevitably screws things up. More often than not this will mean poking
around text configuration files and the command line. So the paradox is
that those who know the least tend to get into situations which require
the most knowledge to fix. For those who want to learn, though,
problems are opportunities to learn.
>
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