[ALUG] User group meeting last night

[Ruth Bygrave]

>> Suspect am out on a limb a bit -- may be the only person in the
>> entire universe who's too geeky to be *quite* a Mac-consumer
>> and too dumb to be *quite* a winux lizard :-)
>
> In passing: was "winux" a result of a Mac keyboard, or is it
> a hint about how you react to Linux and stuff?

Sorry = linux wizard spoonerised!

> Anyway: Scripting in Linux is something lots of us do, mostly
> in small doses, who are a long way from Doing It For Our Job.
> In fact we're mostly amateurs who've accumulated little
> increments over the years, and are beginning to get it together,
> Nonetheless, we get stuff done, we understand what it's like
> getting started, and mostly we don't try to be clever (and
> mostly we couldn't be, anyway).
That's probably the level I'm at, actually...

>
> So fire away. If there's something you'd like to try but don't
> see how, just bring it up on the list. And, yes, do look at
> books and things. "Linux in a Nutshell" is a handy reference
>
> real life it's better to develop your scripts in the context
> of something *you* want to achieve, and ask questions as they
> come up while you're trying to do that.

That's the only approach that ever made sense to me so far! And it's  
a good explanation of why trying to learn Windows-style programming  
never made much sense to me: every time I thought of a simple project  
I wanted to do, I'd get told it was Bad & Wrong...

As I say, the fact that I now feel more Validated as a Part-Time Geek  
is absolutely wonderful...

Regards, Ruth