I whole-heartedly can agree. I was quite into computers and the 'hacking' thing back in the late 90's and early '00s, and I tried Linux a couple of times. I could never quite get it to install properly, work properly, and NEVER understood the whole kernel stuff. I tried and tried, and bought a handful of books. But I hate reading. I could never understand how it would take over if someone like me, who passed and nearly aced the CompTIA A+ and Network+ programs, and some Cisco training, couldn't get it working. It was a mess. And the terminal and command line? I thought the future was to stay away from all that typing crap?
Trying to get Wireless working. HA! What a joke. And drivers? Unless you have a Soundblaster 16 card, and a stock ATI All-In-Wonder or 3dfx card, it would not work. It was a strenuous.
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I whole-heartedly can agree. I was quite into computers and the 'hacking' thing back in the late 90's and early '00s, and I tried Linux a couple of times. I could never quite get it to install properly, work properly, and NEVER understood the whole kernel stuff. I tried and tried, and bought a handful of books. But I hate reading. I could never understand how it would take over if someone like me, who passed and nearly aced the CompTIA A+ and Network+ programs, and some Cisco training, couldn't get it working. It was a mess. And the terminal and command line? I thought the future was to stay away from all that typing crap? Trying to get Wireless working. HA! What a joke. And drivers? Unless you have a Soundblaster 16 card, and a stock ATI All-In-Wonder or 3dfx card, it would not work. It was a strenuous.