Yes, we all know about ps, sleep, kill, pid, etc. But when I began to frequent Slashdot, I was a technical dunderhead. What made Slashdot so interesting for me is that it oriented me to computer technology and operating systems, and clued me in on where technology was going. It gave me links to websites that, IMO, are generally above average in informational reliability. It still does. This article would have been useful to me several years ago. I am sure that there are people (like my former self) that are virtually computer illiterate and will appreciate any information they can get to improve their competence.
I don't want to see Slashdot dumbed down. But an occasional article that gives reliable information on the basics will not cause Slashdot to slide down that slippery slope. I will begin to worry when I can no longer find news here that is helpful to me. As far as I can tell that is a long way off.
Just keep things RELIABLE and ON TOPIC and I will be happy. I still have much to learn.
"Die Lösung des Rätsels des Lebens in Raum und Zeit liegt außerhalb von Raum und Zeit."
-Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Science Headline 2008: Evidence Indicates Saurian Extinction Caused By Recessive Bicephallic Gene Can you imagine what downtown New York at rush hour would be like if a large fraction of the population had two heads!!!
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Yes, we all know about ps, sleep, kill, pid, etc. But when I began to frequent Slashdot, I was a technical dunderhead. What made Slashdot so interesting for me is that it oriented me to computer technology and operating systems, and clued me in on where technology was going. It gave me links to websites that, IMO, are generally above average in informational reliability. It still does. This article would have been useful to me several years ago. I am sure that there are people (like my former self) that are virtually computer illiterate and will appreciate any information they can get to improve their competence.
I don't want to see Slashdot dumbed down. But an occasional article that gives reliable information on the basics will not cause Slashdot to slide down that slippery slope. I will begin to worry when I can no longer find news here that is helpful to me. As far as I can tell that is a long way off.
Just keep things RELIABLE and ON TOPIC and I will be happy. I still have much to learn.
"Die Lösung des Rätsels des Lebens in Raum und Zeit liegt außerhalb von Raum und Zeit."
-Ludwig Wittgenstein, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Science Headline 2008: Evidence Indicates Saurian Extinction Caused By Recessive Bicephallic Gene
Can you imagine what downtown New York at rush hour would be like if a large fraction of the population had two heads!!!