On 23 August 2013 17:38, William Kibira <[email protected]> wrote: > > I had to figure out a lot of stuff the hard way. i got the flash drive to work by writing some stuff to a script to auto mount it and create an icon when it does get mounted to access it.
Learning by doing is the best kind of learning :) > RedHat was cool but, i often wiped it out since i couldn't do the normal stuff i wanted to do like music and stuff. I figured that you had to have an internet connection to get codecs installed when i was fighting with Kubuntu 8.4, Real Eye candy OS. I guess I've been spoilt with always having an Internet connection, both at home and at school. Dial-up of course, but sometimes I would accompany my mother to work, and then I had their corporate ISDN at my disposal. 128 kbps! Warp speed back then :) > First good looking Linux Distro i had ever seen. I think most default environments are deliberately bland. It should be bearable to use, but it should also not be stunning, so as actively to encourage some customisation.
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