[aklug] Re: Basic Linux information

Ahh, yes, let us be elitist in the users we choose to help. The poor
unwashed masses must move on. That is exactly the attitude that has
turned off people to Linux for years now.

What is our goal?

Jon

Quoting Marc Grober <marc@interak.com>:

> Ahhhhh...... Whether zen master or rabbi is responding, they will
> both advise that the wisdom of many ages and cultures suggests that
> information obtained without personal investment is worthless.
>
> To bring that up to date, people looking for simple answers should be
> sent on their way; there areno simple answers, only simple people. I
> am always happy to lend a hand to help someone but nit to do their
> work for them.
>
> You want a well supported easy to use desktop *nix OS, the answer is
> OS X, and if you want a support contract there are lots of companies
> that offer branded Linux. You want to explore an open OS, take a deep
> breath.....
>
> Don't Balkanize the net..... Part of the open software experience is
> learning from an international community... It can be frustrating,
> but soft soaping converts is not the way.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sep 16, 2009, at 12:29 PM, jonr@destar.net wrote:
>
>> Email
>> Flash
>> PDF Viewer
>> Java
>> Shockwave
>> DVD and Movie player (MPlayer, Xine, Totem)
>> MP3 player and on RH systems how to get mp3's to work.
>>
>>
>> Installation will be different for each flavor of Linux so I don't see
>> how that will work, unless you do it for all and then keep them up to
>> date.
>>
>> These should all work out of the box, it is what they will expect
>> coming from a Windows environment. Any thing less and we will lose
>> them back to the dark side.
>>
>> Why use Linux and not Windows or Mac?
>>
>> Because it's free? Who cares when it is so complicated that a new user
>> would gladly pay for something that just works.
>>
>> We would need to decide on one distro and that be the one that all of
>> AKLUG recommends for any new user. When a new user asks "Which distro
>> should I use?" and then gets 4 different answers with varying reasons,
>> that doesn't answer the question. All of the above apps need to be in
>> a base install of whatever distro is decided upon.
>>
>> Any thing less and it will fail.
>>
>>
>> Jon
>>
>> Quoting Damien Hull <damien@linuxninjas.tv>:
>>
>>> This goes along with documentation but I thought I would start a
>>> fresh thread.
>>>
>>> I think we should have some basic Linux information we can offer
>>> people.
>>>
>>> 1. installation instructions
>>> 2. How to backup data
>>> 3. How to keep data safe (encryption)
>>> 4. OpenOffice info
>>> 5. Photo editing info
>>>
>>> Stuff people can use... Just a thought
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Received on Wed Sep 16 13:36:56 2009