Re: IT Expo

Sorry about the language/attitude. :-[ One too many Long Island Iced
Teas last night.
I might be able to come to the meeting tonight. It all depends on how
long my date lasts. :-)

jonr wrote:

>Matthew Dunaway wrote:
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>>I would love to see a beginning class on setting up mySQL.
>>Microsoft Access is a piece of cake to set up.
>>How the @#$% do you set up MySQL????
>>I have a program or two that require MySQL in order for them to work.
>>In Windows, all you have to do is double-click the install file.
>>What the hell are you supposed to do if the program asks you if you have
>>MySQL installed and configured???
>>And if you go into YAST (I happen to be using SuSe 9.0) and it tells you
>>that MySQL is installed, but not configured yet, Then what??
>>There are a hell of a lot of people on this list that know a shit-load
>>about Linux.
>>I try to follow the conversations on this list, but I find myself
>>getting lost after the second or third reply.
>>Everybody is speaking gibberish. For instance, compiling a kernel. For
>>most people on this list, it is second nature to compile a kernel. What
>>if I need to? Is somebody on this list willing to walk me through it???
>>If you want Linux to catch on, then don't treat newbies on this list
>>(like me) as if they know everything there is to know about Linux.
>>
>>I would love to come to the Friday meetings at 9-Star, but I am afraid I
>>am going to get humiliated by the "Linux-Gurus" so I don't go. I don't
>>want to be treated like I am some kind of idiot cause I don't know squat
>>about Linux. Nevermind the fact that I have been using computers since
>>the Commodore 64. Which, by the way, I happen to have one in mint
>>condition sitting in my closet along with 2 monitors, 2 disk drives and
>>about a 100 programs.
>>
>>Last year, I asked on this list how to get my modem to work. I got about
>>100 replies to my question, and I did not understand a single one.
>>The one reply that did help me was somebody told me to run wvdial.conf.
>>And it worked
>>
>>If you want Linux to try and overcome Window$, then you need somebody
>>that has a little patience and is willing to walk us newbies through the
>>steps in order to use Linux, instead of telling us to "Read The Fucking
>>Manual:.
>>I, like a lotof other people, hate Windows. It would be much easier for
>>us "newbies" to try and switch over to Linux if the fucking brainiacs on
>>mailing lists (like this one) would try and remember that they did not
>>know shit about Linux when they first started using it.
>>That's why i don't ask anymore questions on this list, because everybody
>>assumes I know Linux, and I don't know shit!!!!!
>>
>>Rant over. ( for now)
>>
>>
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>Easy now :), keep posting your questions Matthew and come to the
>meeting. I am pretty comfortable in Linux and when I do attend the
>meetings this elitist attitude is not there. The people there are very
>friendly and helpful, sometimes people have bad days but we all do
>sometimes. When I started out I felt the same sense of being overwhelmed
>as you are stating here.
>
>Go back through the list archives and look at my early posts, these guys
>are really very helpful. If you ask a question and they talk over your
>head just reply back to the list and let us know. Sometimes the
>RTFM(ReadTheFineManual) is great advice, when I finally started doing
>that things began to get easier not because I understood those frikkin
>things but I began to understand how to solve a problem. I rarely ask on
>the list for help because I can usually find the answer and to me, thats
>half the fun.
>
>Endeavor to persevere! :) Linux is wicked hard when you first come over
>but keep asking and stay humble and if anyone on this list is a jerk I
>am sure there will be plenty of us to tell them that they are and offer
>help in a more friendly manner. I have yet to ever feel that way about
>anyone on this list though.
>
>Jon
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Received on Fri Jul 22 11:42:16 2005