First of all, let me take the time to thank all of you for your responses to my last post...yes, even you who said my choices of hardware were bad (motherboard), or said my system was a piece of sh1t.
After this week is over, and my class project is completed, I will hand over my computer to a *nix based OS, namely Mandrake 8.1.
I am ready to begin the learning process by doing the following:
1. Get rid off (have my fiance hide all copies of MS Products), lest I be tempted to puss out and quit too early.
2. Recently purchased the following books as help:
a. Red Hat Linux 7.2 Bible (Mandrake and Red Hat are very similar, no?)
b. Administering Linux
c. The Joy of Linux
3. Joined the local Unix users group for moral support and encouragement.
4. Registered with Mandrakesoft for updates, etc.
Hopefully, these actions will aid me in my quest to stop being a computer operator, and become a computer user. I am not looking to achieve perfection overnight, but want to lessen the learning curve a bit (I am from Wyoming afterall...we's not so smart!!)
Q: Am I approaching this thing the right way, or am I p1ss1ng up a rope?
Q: With time and patience, can I sucessfully migrate away from MS, and be a "Linux user"?
Q: Why do you drive in a parkway, yet park in a driveway?
Comments are appreciated, as are words of encouragement/scold.
Thanks folks!
After this week is over, and my class project is completed, I will hand over my computer to a *nix based OS, namely Mandrake 8.1.
I am ready to begin the learning process by doing the following:
1. Get rid off (have my fiance hide all copies of MS Products), lest I be tempted to puss out and quit too early.
2. Recently purchased the following books as help:
a. Red Hat Linux 7.2 Bible (Mandrake and Red Hat are very similar, no?)
b. Administering Linux
c. The Joy of Linux
3. Joined the local Unix users group for moral support and encouragement.
4. Registered with Mandrakesoft for updates, etc.
Hopefully, these actions will aid me in my quest to stop being a computer operator, and become a computer user. I am not looking to achieve perfection overnight, but want to lessen the learning curve a bit (I am from Wyoming afterall...we's not so smart!!)
Q: Am I approaching this thing the right way, or am I p1ss1ng up a rope?
Q: With time and patience, can I sucessfully migrate away from MS, and be a "Linux user"?
Q: Why do you drive in a parkway, yet park in a driveway?
Comments are appreciated, as are words of encouragement/scold.
Thanks folks!
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