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Two Years Before the Prompt: A Linux Odyssey

Posted by michael on from the picky-about-who-its-friends-are dept.

tim1980 writes "Derek Croxton has written a rather long editorial on how he sees the Linux and Open Source communities, and his personal experiences with Linux, the editorial is titled Two Years Before the Prompt: A Linux Odyssey and is over 3,500 words. Excerpt: 'A novice's greatest fear is sitting in front of a motionless command prompt with no idea what to type; or, as so frequently happens, knowing a command that he copied verbatim from a document discovered on the internet somewhere, but with no idea of what it means or how to alter it if it doesn't behave exactly as advertised.'"

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  1. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP

  2. First Post by Xero_One · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What do I type now?

  3. GREAT!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just learned my Mom's name is Jaddah Conteh-Kanu ..

    WE CAN't FLY ON PLANES!!!!

    All is left is to join teh GNAA I guess!!!

    -

  4. first... and no idea what to type... by jovetoo · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    guess i'm a slashdot newbie...