On 31 Jan 2002 at 13:22, Steven C. Darnold wrote: >Bob George wrote: >> >> Some of the newer, sexier distributions with the nice installs >> might not work well on the old hardware. > >You say this like it's a bad thing. > >> Ideally, I'd say initially learn Linux on somewhat modern >> hardware > >You seem to be saying that newbies should start with a Linux >GUI and then move on to the CLI. Why is this? It's like saying >you should start with Windows 2000 and then move on to DOS.
Linux has a distinct difference from Window 2000, and is more similar to Windows 3.1 in this regard: the GUI is an extra, running on top of the basic OS. Many tasks in Linux _can't_ be done solely with the GUI; you must open a command prompt window. However, since most people these days _are_ familiar with a window/icon/desktop metaphor environment, its gives a certain sense of achievement if one can work with the Linux GUI first, get a bit of a feel for it, successfully browsing the WWW, reading mail, etc., then start getting into the guts of the thing. Anthony J. Albert =========================================================== Anthony J. Albert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems and Software Support Specialist Postmaster Computer Services - University of Maine, Presque Isle "Ta'Lon, is that you?" "It's me most days, except for those days when I don't feel quite like myself and I suppose that I am someone else, but for now, yes, it is me." -G'Kar and Ta'Lon, Babylon 5 episode: _The_Ragged_Edge_ To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
