As someone who has a support role as a techie for my company (on-site support for my plant) but is not a hardcore techie, I agree with this article. I'm not "in the industry", don't have a degree (or even a diploma) in computer or network science. I have an interest in computers and like to keep up on developments in this area. I know my way around a computer better than anyone else. This has made me the default tech support person for our manufacturing facility. I work with corporate IT as on-site ground support (a gopher basically).
I am the case in point. I've considered trying Linux before, but the forest of choices and unfamiliar terminology is mind-bloggling and just plain scarey. Which distribution do I choose? What is the difference between the distributions? How do I know I'm getting the best distribution version?
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As someone who has a support role as a techie for my company (on-site support for my plant) but is not a hardcore techie, I agree with this article. I'm not "in the industry", don't have a degree (or even a diploma) in computer or network science. I have an interest in computers and like to keep up on developments in this area. I know my way around a computer better than anyone else. This has made me the default tech support person for our manufacturing facility. I work with corporate IT as on-site ground support (a gopher basically).
I am the case in point. I've considered trying Linux before, but the forest of choices and unfamiliar terminology is mind-bloggling and just plain scarey. Which distribution do I choose? What is the difference between the distributions? How do I know I'm getting the best distribution version?