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Hi Madi,<BR>
This was more to show how I understood her frustration. I am not a computer whizz, I had too many programmers around me all going in different ways (still do) and Linux for one who has been around it, is extremely frustrating. I could go on for hours about the problems I have had but that would not solve anything. Suffice to say that starting school and trying to learn Linux at the same time...........something will give! <BR>
Maureen <BR>
On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 11:49 -0500, Madison Kelly wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Maureen Thornton wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Okay, this I have heard a number of times and is why I have joined Colin </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> and Jon to try to educate the common mass. Usually I just lurk on this </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> sight and learn as much as I can but this touches me where it hurts.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> I am not a programmer nor a computer whizz or guru, I am an Executive </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Assistant who normally has an IT dept. taking care of problems. This </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> said, I had Linux put on a machine and handed to me to try by a </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> programmer (those of you who know me will guess who!) I hated and loved </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> it! Loved it for the idea of a free system for all those who could not </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> and should not have to pay the Microsoft shit. Hated it 'cos you had to </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> know too much about computers and realized where Microsoft had jumped </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> way ahead with their thinking.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> It has taken me four years to get comfortable with Linux, most of my </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> friends and co-workers that I turned on to Linux have done exactly what </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> this lady has done...given up and (fortunately had the cash) purchased </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Windows, taken it so someone who understands computers and had it </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> installed. If you guys want to promote Linux to "everyman" make it </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> more user friendly for the rank that just wish to turn it on and it </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> works. I have had Ubunutu Installed on my Toshiba laptop in July and </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> I am still trying to get it up to where I want and need it!</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> My two bits worth.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Maureen</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Hi Maureen,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> First, if I may ask, you seemed to have taken this thread's comments </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">personally. I am not sure why, but if you don't mind, could you explain why?</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> This was a reply to my comments, so allow me to elaborate. There are </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">some people for whom computers are nothing but a tool. To those people, </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">operating systems other than Linux are more appropriate. Perhaps I </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">should have said that OS X would be more appropriate for her, but she </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">obviously has a bias towards MS.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> The comment about her not being ready for school was because she gave </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">up so easily. School is tough; it is designed to challenge you. She </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">obviously was not ready to go outside her "comfort zone". Until she is, </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">she should not look at school yet.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> None of this was meant as an attack in the least. Simply as my </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">observations.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Madi</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">PS - It is worth pointing out that when you switch from something you </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">are comfortable to something you are new to, there will be a learning </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">curve. This is true of switching countries, languages and operating </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">systems. They are not meant to be clones, after all.</FONT>
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