Hi,
Firstly one quick shout out to Philip - I'm definately not RMS! If
anything, I'd be more of a cross between ESR and RMS but definately not
RMS himself!
Secondly. I seem to be the only person on this list who seems to think
Linux is hard to use, hmmm.... I would have expected differently and
think that with this attitude Linux will never be as easy to use as I
hoped it would be. Oh well, ce la vie.
Thirdly, Andew now has a booting machine! Our mirror is one step closer
to completion guys. Here's a summary of what's left to do:
1) Install an Operating System (Linux, duh)
2) Setup Rsync, vnc, etc...
3) Move the machine to the ISP
4) Let the machine download the stuff
5) Announce a public link
6) people download what they want
After this, we'll re-visit the issue of adding disk space, memory,
nuclear powered nitrous infused liquid hydrogen cooling systems, etc...
Fourthly, we've so far gained quite a response for the outing. We'll
definately discuss it at the next committee meeting and come up with a
time/date/place for the event.
Fifthly, jumping again to the Linux/Windows ease of use thing. Since I'm
the only one who thinks Linux is difficult to use, I must be doing
something wrong. During the time I spent at Juniour College, the time
I'm spending here at Swatar Training Centre and time time I spend
chatting on the net, I've manage to convince at least 15 people to give
Linux a try. Of these 15 people, around 11 are doing some sort of
IT/Computer Science course, so they know a thing or two about
computers. A few weeks after trying it out, 13 have given it up - they
said "life's too short to spend a week...." and a variety of comments.
The other 2 keep asking me for solutions to problems on a daily basis.
Most of these problems I've encountered myself when I was a Lin newbie
(and since I encounter so many problems on a daily basis, I think I
still am).
Either I live with a circle of idiots (circle of which tend to get high
grades), or Linux is difficult to use... Ma nafx. Maybe Philip is right
after all. If I wasn't another RMS, why would I keep using Linux and
praising it with everyone I know?
--
Keith Vassallo
Registered GNU/Linux User #290991
http://www.keithvassallo.net
