On Mon, 2004-10-11 at 14:16, Roger Searle wrote: > Here are some of the things that confused or frustrated me (and in some > cases still do) as an experienced windows "hacker" becoming a linux > "newbie": > 1. The file system structure (very different to windows) > 2. Connecting to a windows network, then sharing and accessing files with > other machines > 3. Permissions, and chmod > 4. Installing software - downloading the right file (not the src file!), how > to install it (command line? double-click something?) and where should it > go? (This is all very different from windows) > 5. All the command line stuff - OK, there are certain command commands, but > the switches that go with them seem infinitely varied. So I've got to learn > about man pages. I'm starting to see the usefulness of grep and piping to > somewhere else. This is all a pretty steep learning curve when starting > from the bottom! > 6. The whole command line versus gui thing. I could (arguably) do (almost) > anything in windows via a gui and now I've got the option in some cases. In > other cases only the command line. > 7. Patching/updating
hmmmm not sure how many hours i have.... one problem is that package management is a recurring theme, and differs among distros. which makes it hard to make the talk relevant to everyone. the fundamentals are the same everywhere, the devil is in the details. maybe i'll just steer away from it altogether.
