Having now got over the initial euphoria of actually having a working (?), (see later), set of "Linux", Chris, my daughters fiancee, and I have now come up against several problems, In my case numbers of applications just don't work,and trying them delivers a bug report window> I can't believe that a complete system was sent out with a non working spreadsheet, time manager, and other bits that just don't work. I am of the opinion that I haven't installed or set up the system properly or may have installed something that needs other, installed items to work. I am not pleading for help here, unless I can manage to work this out for myself, or in concert with Chris I am not going to get anywhere. the main problem Have is that whatever source of written information I find, I have yet to find one that does not presuppose a certain amount of prior knowledge/experience, which I just don't have. I fact I have to admit that deep down I have a sneaking suspicion that mention of daemons/demons in the long list of scroll down print at the start of the log-in process actually refers to real demons/imps/goblins/elves/fairies that live inside the box to the left of my screen whose main purpose in life is to frustrate me.
However both Chris and I are determined to persevere and to learn, so expect to see us at a meeting some time. I now have to start some intense reading.
John Seago
On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, John Seago wrote:
<adam had the clippers out>
Yeah, Linux at the beginning is/can be frustrating. I remember the initial learning curve of How-to X would recommend reading Y that would recommend Z that would recommend X again. Made me say arghhhh more than once, although when you find you have 'got it' on one thing (in my case how init worked and the rc.d directorys) you suddenly find that nothing is a real problem and you can fix things yourself. What distro are you using though as it does sound a little buggy! I found that I had the same experience (installed apps not working etc.) as you until I found Debian, although Debian was more stressful to install and the prior knowledge of other distros was very helpful. Take the time to read and you will find yourself never going back to windows, it can take some dedication but it is really worth it.
However both Chris and I are determined to persevere and to learn, so expect to see us at a meeting some time. I now have to start some intense reading.
Yup, but remember you are also learning Unix at the same time and a safer and more stable computing future :) although sometimes you may find yourself banging your head against a wall a quick mail to this list would not be out of place (although a search on google and a bit of time to calm down first would help so we don't get mad ramblings!)
I am looking forward to seeing you at a meeting, does anyone have the time or resources to arrange one?
Adam
just a quickie.. Is this redhat 7.0/7.1? if so I might know what is happening...
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