On Mon February 23 2004 7:30 am, Bryan Phinney wrote: > On Sunday 22 February 2004 03:48 pm, deedee wrote: > > While I mentioned in an earlier post that I know rank newbies > > who have had no problems at all with Linux, I do not know a > > single person who is expert in ms win who has been able to > > install and use Linux without a lot of problems. Not one. My > > own problems were due to thinking I knew something about Linux > > based on my ms win experiences and knowledge. > > Actually, I started out in IT as a Windows/OS2/Macintosh support > person. While I have always had exposure to alternate operating > systems, I would have considered and probably still consider > myself something of an expert in MS Win, even now. I also have a > certification with HP-UX Unix, and have been using Linux for 3-4+ > years. I wouldn't say that MS Win "experts" would have problems > with Linux but would say that MS Win power-users would have > inordinate problems with Linux. Their expectations are higher.
I would say that I am a power user with some expertise in installing hardware. > A newbie is happy to just get things working, while a power-user > not only wants to get things working but has expectations about > how things will work. The newbie expects to adjust to the > system, the power user wants to adjust the system to them. I am mostly happy with the system if I can get it to do the job. I do not care what colors or fonts are used, as long as the font is not too small or hard for my old eyes to see. (I have notice this more now that I am a grandpa, I am thinking I need a 19" monitor) Example: I have tried many different auction management programs. None of them are set up to do thing that I need them or want them to do. Auction management software is mostly for the person that has many new items that are all the same to sell. I very rarly have any 2 items that are the same. I mostly sell old used cars and used parts for old use cars I have been using AuctionTamer for over 4 years now it is the one that has the lesser amount of problems and the best tech support. This program will do it all for most Auction buyers and sellers. But one Program don't do it all for me. I am running Apps like a (WYSIWYG HTML editor) with 4+ differnt web page templates open, I have a spread sheet open, a picture editing program, FTP App., and AuctionTamer (a multitab web browser with special features for buying and selling many item at sevral different internet auction sites.) All at the same time so I can copy and past from one to the other > The expert, OTOH, even in Windows, fully expected to devote the time > to figuring out how to adjust the system. The end goal is not to > have a customized system but the knowledge gained from learning > how to adjust. The newbie just wants to color, the power-user > wants to put the exact right color in the spaces, the expert was > probably always the type of person who was not content to color > within the lines at all. I think that that type of mentality is > rewarded much more in Linux than in Windows. Like my auctions I do it my way. The main reason for doing it my way it the results I get. I sell items that other have not be able to sell. They are throwing them away as they do not have room. I get a lot of parts for free. I also sell more parts for other people, by thinking out of the box this catches buyers eyes. > > > > I did not want a duel boot system but just may have to do > > > that for now. > > > > Do whatever you have to do to make things work for you. It's > > your computer and your software. You don't have to apologize > > for what you want to do with it (I'm making the assumption, of > > course, that what you're doing is legal, moral and ethical, > > which is true for most people). OTOH, no one else has to > > apologize for what they want to do with their computers either. > > With Linux, it's a free world. > > The only caveat that I would add here is that in my experience, > necessity is the mother of invention. Just as the saying goes, > "A man can not serve two masters" either you do the bulk of your > work in Linux and toy with the other OS, or you do the bulk of > your work in the other OS and toy with Linux. Converting requires > an active effort to figure out how to do what you need to do in > Linux, otherwise, you will find yourself spending more time with > the other OS and less with Linux. > > That is not to say that you need to go "cold turkey", most of us > understand how hard the windows habit can be to break. <grin> I guess after reading about how good Linux is, like it will do any thing you want the way you like it. Other have said that I would not have to conform as you can Conform Linux. I thought I would be able to go "cold turkey". But them a lot of my having to conform with windows, is do to the fact that computer virus, spam and hacking for ill gotten gains has become a way of life. Thanks for your reply it was very helpful -- Ray Hogaboom
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