The only way I could see being successful in this is if you are Amish and do not believe in using modern technology.
However, if that is the case, why are you on/.?
No offense to any other Amish people who are reading this.
Agreed.
And I appreciated the people like you who were willing to take time to actually help a N00b like myself when I had no clue about what to do.
I am happy that there are Linux 'Snobs' who care enough to help convert others over and help them with the learning curve that switching provides.
I toast people like yourself.
And yes, flame bait it is.
I think a good majority of us have had that same experience. I started with Gentoo, myself. It was fun learning how to do a Linux install from a stage1 tarball */sarc*
I had users actually tell me RTFM and nothing more... it was like they were irc bots...
The few people I managed to get to help me understand what I saw when I RTFM, they were very helpful. However, it was unfortunately too little, too late.
Redhat at least had info available online for me to find so I could fumble my way through things.
I found Ubuntu to be the most friendly when it came to community support. That is my biggest thing with sticking with that flavor. They are a community that makes you feel welcome.
I am just glad that I didn't go with slackware;)
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The only way I could see being successful in this is if you are Amish and do not believe in using modern technology. However, if that is the case, why are you on /.?
No offense to any other Amish people who are reading this.
Agreed. And I appreciated the people like you who were willing to take time to actually help a N00b like myself when I had no clue about what to do. I am happy that there are Linux 'Snobs' who care enough to help convert others over and help them with the learning curve that switching provides. I toast people like yourself. And yes, flame bait it is.
I think a good majority of us have had that same experience. I started with Gentoo, myself. It was fun learning how to do a Linux install from a stage1 tarball */sarc* I had users actually tell me RTFM and nothing more... it was like they were irc bots... The few people I managed to get to help me understand what I saw when I RTFM, they were very helpful. However, it was unfortunately too little, too late. Redhat at least had info available online for me to find so I could fumble my way through things. I found Ubuntu to be the most friendly when it came to community support. That is my biggest thing with sticking with that flavor. They are a community that makes you feel welcome. I am just glad that I didn't go with slackware ;)