Well said Paulo, and I have to agree 100% on the instant gratification / getting something for nothing aspect.
Also the amount of posts on the group that has nothing to do with with the hardware is staggering. Learning how to use Linux has nothing to do with electronics or the hardware provided by circuitco. I guess the acronym R.T.F.M. is lost on the current generation of users ? On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 2:13 AM, Paulo Ferreira <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 30/12/2013, at 02:03, Mike Bremford <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Where is this documented? And why should I care? The above two > paragraphs are unintelligible to anyone that hasn't been involved in > embedded Linux for some time. > > > > > It seems you are "barking at the wrong tree". > > Unix is a tool. A powerful tool. As all powerful tools, power should come > after some knowledge and practice. > > Think of a razor sharp kitchen knife, a chainsaw, an arc welding machine, > a forklift, a pickup truck. All those are examples of very useful tools, > but they only can be used in a productive way, after some practice time, > and after having acquired some knowledge about how they work, and how to > use them correctly. > > > The standard phrase is that Unix is very user friendly, but picky about > the friends... > > You can approach Unix at several levels: > > 1) User level - command line use of the Unix utilities, and understanding > of shell scripts > 2) Admin level - know how to manage users, programs, networking > 3) Programmer - know the POSIX programming model and all the UNIX > programming tools (config, make, gcc, etc...) > 4) Kernel developer - all of the previous ones + how to compile a kernel > > > If you want to work with BeagleBone, you must at least understand that > many people are doing all those levels on the cutting edge of technology, > and that knowledge takes time, because you need to make things, to > understand how they work. > > > The saddest thing, is that people want "things done" (or instant > gratification) without "being involved". Open Source does not work that > way, and most important, life does not work that way. > > In order to do things, in order to get what you want, you need to involve > yourself. > > > Happy New Year to All > > Paulo Ferreira > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
