look post away at your questions. one of the mottos of a board like this is "theres no such thing as a stupid question". whilst there may be some exceptions to that rule, you're unlikely to be one of them :-)
so fire away, put up a question some lowly amateur like me might know the answer to! personally i find almost no problems are encountered installing software once the user is familiar with the tools provided by their distro, but thats the hard part as the tools are all different in subtle and not so subtle ways. On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 06:25:36+1300 Roger Searle<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (encouraged by Douglas's first posting, here's mine) > > Sure, installfests serve a great purpose, but for me one of the easier > parts of (an attempt at) a move to linux is the initial OS install. > As someone who can do almost anything in windows I can figure out a > linux install even if I need to format and start over a week later. > > The barrier I have is with software installs, this is incredibly > confusing to a linux newbie like me, to the point that it's tempting > to stay with the redmond crew. I'm determined not to do so and stick > with it, but I can imagine plenty of others are in a similar > situation, perhaps lurking here too. If linux is to gain greater > general acceptance on the desktop this stuff has to be easier, and > there have to be places where competent people can take relatively > trivial questions about how to do this stuff. > > I'd hoped that joining this group might be such a place, but on seeing > the nature of the postings, would be embarrased to put my questions > here. > > This posting is sent in the hope of influencing the future content of > meetings towards more help for the windows geek wanting/trying/failing > to convert. Right now my own dream of spending at least 90% of my > computer time in linux remains just that . . . > > Roger > > >
