Roger Searle said: > The huge differences between windows and linux in terms of software > installations and upgrades is something that used to make my head spin - > still does - the ease with which I can do it in windows and the > difficulties (usually total failures) and mistakes I have previously had > in linux have made me really resistant to learning the ins and outs to > the point of not using anything that doesn't come on the install disks > (that much I can do). > > It's time for me to get over myself and get on with it... >
Roger, I was in a similar situation to you with similar experiences when Nick did a brief presentation of Gentoo at a CLUG meeting. The apparent ease of installing and upgrading packages really interested me so I gave it a go and have been a devotee since. Often I do not really understand what I am doing (I am no Guru) but usually package installation and upgrade is just so simple. (Mind you, I have to say that my recent experiments with SuSE, Ubuntu and Mepis have shown that Linux "for the masses" has come a long way in the last couple of years) -- Robert Fisher www.fisher.net.nz
