On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 11:25 -0700, Evolution List wrote: > > 5) That's it :-) > > LOL Just as an aside....man do I ever feel sorry for someone coming to > Linux from the Windows world and finding themselves having to become a > sort of CLI programmer to get a program installed from source.
Running commands from a prompt is *not* being a "CLI programmer". To compare programming with running a few commands from a prompt is the height of know-nothingness. > Heaven > help us :). Sigh. > Don't know if the original poster is from the Windows world or not mind > you :). > > Your instructions were well thought out and right on but the phrase > "That's it" reminds me of what people used to tell me on the Gentoo > forum. "It's easy to install. No sweat!" LOL. > > I went through the Linux CLI learning curve myself a couple of years ago > but boy oh boy! There's were lots of times that I felt like cursing the > day Linux came into existence as an operating system :). Like all of us who used MS-DOS and survived, somehow, with Word- Perfect, Lotus 1-2-3, TurboPascal, DEL, COPY, etc, etc. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Americans hate foreign policy because Americans hate foreigners, because they *are* foreigners, and came to this country to get away from the bad things." P.J. O'rourke, 2004-06-25, Fox News Channel
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