Georg Vollnhals wrote: >> >> That's the beauty of Linux, there is almost always help available, >> google and ask in forums is the key. When I have a problem that no one >> else has, I know it's something extraneous on my system causing it. It >> takes a while longer to get to know Linux if you don't come from a Unix >> background and the best approach is to repeat often "I know jack about >> Linux" regularly if your background is Windows. >> Regards >> Sid. >> > > > > > Hi Sid, > if "I know jack about Linux" means "I know nothing about Linux" than it > is true regarding the "core" of Linux, all that structure, file-owner, > admin and console related stuff - one has to learn a lot. > But I noted happily that the KDE GUI and all these programs I am > familiar with from Win32 (OpenOffice, Firefox, Thunderbird, Gimp, > Blender, ..), YAST2 and the automatic online update service for OpenSuse > make starting with Linux more easy. > Regards > Georg > > > > >
Agreed, the more common applications there are, the less to learn and persistence pays off handsomely, soon you would be astounded by how much you know, just when someone needs your help and that someone could be me. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Licensed Private Pilot Emeritus IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist, Cricket Coach Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
