My desire to validate the authenticity of my post has resulted in the ending of a twelve-year lurk.
First-posted AC yesterday--get called a troll. Actually kinda perfect.
I'm looking for opinions, not the One True & Best Distro. I take people's opinions into account and was interested in hearing what Slashdot had to say on the topic.
To set matters straighter: I'm assuming the hardware is good because it has worked fine for the past five years, however, it is all five years old; it boots, but isn't recognizing input devices or the video card; I mentioned this above, but I was copying.AVIs from a folder on the desktop to another folder, not system files; I'm inexperienced with Linux but in an average office work environment everyone gets me to 'fix their computer' when they don't feel like dealing with the IT staff; while I appreciate that my post came across as being written by a male, it wasn't--I prefer the third-person pronouns 'she' or 'her'; high-learning curves don't phase me; I did not post asking 'best distro?' and wasn't seeking a flamewar...it's difficult for anyone to learn anything when everyone's calling each other names.
I believe that clears up some things, eh TrekkieGod?
Anyway, after 12 years staying silent, Hello Slashdot!:)
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My desire to validate the authenticity of my post has resulted in the ending of a twelve-year lurk. .AVIs from a folder on the desktop to another folder, not system files; I'm inexperienced with Linux but in an average office work environment everyone gets me to 'fix their computer' when they don't feel like dealing with the IT staff; while I appreciate that my post came across as being written by a male, it wasn't--I prefer the third-person pronouns 'she' or 'her'; high-learning curves don't phase me; I did not post asking 'best distro?' and wasn't seeking a flamewar...it's difficult for anyone to learn anything when everyone's calling each other names.
I believe that clears up some things, eh TrekkieGod? :)
First-posted AC yesterday--get called a troll. Actually kinda perfect.
I'm looking for opinions, not the One True & Best Distro. I take people's opinions into account and was interested in hearing what Slashdot had to say on the topic.
To set matters straighter: I'm assuming the hardware is good because it has worked fine for the past five years, however, it is all five years old; it boots, but isn't recognizing input devices or the video card; I mentioned this above, but I was copying
Anyway, after 12 years staying silent, Hello Slashdot!