A new graphic installer should make for an easier transition for those who were just with windows, but I don't think I would really like it... I perfer the good old fashion./configure; make; make install; It is very simple and to the point.
14K... do you mean 14 kilobits or 14 kilobytes per second... niether of the two will eat up a T1 which runs at 1.47 Megabits per second, which is about 183 kilobytes per second.
I am a several month 'veteran' of Linux, but had *lots* of exp w/ windows and dos before as well as hardware, and one thing I have found, Linux is an OS where reading is required (unless your a senseless user who uses 2 or 3 programs). A demo will definitly help those new to the OS get comfortable with how Linux works, but nothing will replace the need for reading HOW-TOs, man pages, and books... there is just too much info to fit into a 'demo'.
Yes I agree that paper is a renewable resource, but it takes time, say logers tear down a section of trees in about 1 month. The trees that are planted to replace them will take years to grow back (10-30 yrs). I do not disagree with printing things out, but silly stuff, such as certain types of email and web pages, draft copies, and others along these lines. All I'm saying and I think what was meant by the author is don't print useless or silly stuff. This is my take anyway, it seems logical to me...
Armageddon is probably the best example of how hollywood has no clue about physics... I totally hated the movie because of all the inaccuraties (sp?)... I don't think I could go more than 5 minutes without spotting something wrong.
I use linux at home for everything but games and I use Windows NT at work for mainly email using Outlook 98... For being a usable OS and email program, it sure took me a very long time to find where the options were to compact mail folders and to add a sig, not to mention entering email addys.
Perhaps MS products are easy for non-computer literate people, but for me (I consider myself well versed), I prefer a more straight forward way... Win: Eudora, Linux: Pine or Netscape (i haven't found any others that are really functional).
I would like to hear more of this event... this seems like one of those stories that helpdesk employees might tell... kinda like using the CD-ROM drive as a cup holder...
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A new graphic installer should make for an easier transition for those who were just with windows, but I don't think I would really like it... I perfer the good old fashion ./configure; make; make install; It is very simple and to the point.
14K... do you mean 14 kilobits or 14 kilobytes per second... niether of the two will eat up a T1 which runs at 1.47 Megabits per second, which is about 183 kilobytes per second.
I am a several month 'veteran' of Linux, but had *lots* of exp w/ windows and dos before as well as hardware, and one thing I have found, Linux is an OS where reading is required (unless your a senseless user who uses 2 or 3 programs). A demo will definitly help those new to the OS get comfortable with how Linux works, but nothing will replace the need for reading HOW-TOs, man pages, and books... there is just too much info to fit into a 'demo'.
Yes I agree that paper is a renewable resource, but it takes time, say logers tear down a section of trees in about 1 month. The trees that are planted to replace them will take years to grow back (10-30 yrs).
I do not disagree with printing things out, but silly stuff, such as certain types of email and web pages, draft copies, and others along these lines. All I'm saying and I think what was meant by the author is don't print useless or silly stuff.
This is my take anyway, it seems logical to me...
Armageddon is probably the best example of how hollywood has no clue about physics... I totally hated the movie because of all the inaccuraties (sp?)... I don't think I could go more than 5 minutes without spotting something wrong.
I use linux at home for everything but games and I use Windows NT at work for mainly email using Outlook 98... For being a usable OS and email program, it sure took me a very long time to find where the options were to compact mail folders and to add a sig, not to mention entering email addys.
Perhaps MS products are easy for non-computer literate people, but for me (I consider myself well versed), I prefer a more straight forward way... Win: Eudora, Linux: Pine or Netscape (i haven't found any others that are really functional).
I would like to hear more of this event... this seems like one of those stories that helpdesk employees might tell... kinda like using the CD-ROM drive as a cup holder...