tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post7142736646929721892..comments2024-03-26T17:37:35.499+00:00Comments on Linux notes from DarkDuck: Don't forget the newbies!DarkDuck (m)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06273784224243667602noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-69802448541376022452012-04-23T21:49:01.077+01:002012-04-23T21:49:01.077+01:00You're a strong person. If you managed to inst...You're a strong person. If you managed to install LAMP, you should be able to do Samba too. I hope. At least, I wish you the luck!DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-69399420777665001022012-04-23T20:02:27.779+01:002012-04-23T20:02:27.779+01:00Just wanting to say thinks for supporting us newbi...Just wanting to say thinks for supporting us newbies. I am a newbie to linux. I have managed to build a Centos LAMP system for a Mediawiki and Cacti system. This took me about 6 months to complete with frustration. I would get frustrated and step a way a few days to cool off and post again on some so-call linux site (can't remember the site) for help. <br /> <br />I do agree with Manic Miner on the, "install distro and what next comment. That is where I am at at times. <br /><br />I am trying to get a grasp but I do get discouraged quite a bit. <br /><br />My next project is setting up a Samba. I hope it is going to be simple.J.R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-79410977502042170332012-04-18T14:17:14.084+01:002012-04-18T14:17:14.084+01:00It would take more than changing from Chrome to Ch...It would take more than changing from Chrome to Chromium to stop Google spying on me. I use GMail, Google Docs, Blogger, have an android phone, use youtube, google maps etc. I am their bitch. My only consolation is.... At least it isn't Apple. :)Manic Minernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-11247821956987435072012-04-17T22:39:47.117+01:002012-04-17T22:39:47.117+01:00quote:: but what if I want Chrome. ::quote
Why no...quote:: but what if I want Chrome. ::quote<br /><br />Why not install Chromium, it's Chrome without the Google spyware, and it's in the repositories.tracyannehttp://lxer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-4644541687732781392012-04-17T12:46:11.187+01:002012-04-17T12:46:11.187+01:00On Fedora & RedHat this is a good starting poi...On Fedora & RedHat this is a good starting point: http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration<br />Here you can get access to both Installing Free and Nonfree Repositories.Perhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06790567518875415123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-5768113402530296932012-04-17T12:19:51.280+01:002012-04-17T12:19:51.280+01:00Thanks! All the respect to Emery who wrote the pos...Thanks! All the respect to Emery who wrote the post.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-24510080561987776482012-04-17T12:11:53.089+01:002012-04-17T12:11:53.089+01:00This one of the Best linux post in the last 3 ...This one of the Best linux post in the last 3 years that I am swimming in the linux ocean , you rock . Keep up the good worknikolas sarrishttp://hxoramasat.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-84844996772085724042012-04-17T09:48:29.438+01:002012-04-17T09:48:29.438+01:00Agreed.
This is not a new issue and one Microsof...Agreed. <br /><br />This is not a new issue and one Microsoft have obviously struggled with for years.<br /><br />By making software easy to develop and easy to distribute it has made Windows a target for bad as well as good and generally people get viruses by going off the trusted paths of installing software that they know is safe.<br /><br />The idea of the rpm and deb repositories is a good one because in theory only trusted software should be listed in those repositories.<br /><br />If there is a forum post however which states via the command line to point to a different set of repositories it can lead to the same minefield as going to any old website and hitting the download button.<br /><br />As you say education is key and of course a little bit of common sense.Gary Newellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778497593187208906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-57553526708385538702012-04-17T09:34:25.817+01:002012-04-17T09:34:25.817+01:00I don't think that this is a solution. Because...I don't think that this is a solution. Because buttons "install me" can have same security issues, when pressed on wrong sites. <br /><br />This means that user education is more important then, rather than simplification of installation process.DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-74505047198139946632012-04-17T08:52:43.273+01:002012-04-17T08:52:43.273+01:00I have been using LINUX for years (10+). One of th...I have been using LINUX for years (10+). One of the things that concerns me is that when you have installed a distribution the next step is to say "what next". For instance if I install Fedora I am left with all the free applications but what if I want Chrome.<br /><br />I log on to the internet and I might type into Google "fedora how to install chrome". <br /><br />If you try that you will notice that the first 2 or 3 links all show you a way to install chrome using the command line.<br /><br />That bothers me because some people will not understand what they are copying and pasting into their command line and will just do it because they are told to. This could lead to all sorts of security issues.<br /><br />Now obviously if you use Firefox and go to www.google.com there is a big rectangular button that says "Install Chrome". <br /><br />The easiest way to install chrome is not to go to the command line at all but to go to Google's own website and click the download button.<br /><br />The same can be said of Flash and Java.Manic Minernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-79471664668177614162012-04-17T02:22:00.258+01:002012-04-17T02:22:00.258+01:00No they don't. No one deserves that, because w...No they don't. No one deserves that, because when you do that you demonstrate that it is right to be fearful of asking questions.<br /><br />You have to be better than the demanding user, least you turn away the timid user who has valid though poorly phrased questions. If you can't do that, then best you not answer at all.tracyannehttp://lxer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-51733968266579390852012-04-16T23:46:14.341+01:002012-04-16T23:46:14.341+01:00Welcome to the club!
Ubuntu 12.04 is just 2 weeks ...Welcome to the club!<br />Ubuntu 12.04 is just 2 weeks away!DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-32841324223519324672012-04-16T23:33:59.897+01:002012-04-16T23:33:59.897+01:00Disagree. Spoonfeeding is fine. Just spoonfeed t...Disagree. Spoonfeeding is fine. Just spoonfeed the means to help them help themselves alongside the answer. If you dont want to spoonfeed, dont offer assistance. Many of us will, happily. I dont mind repeating myself over and over and trying to find the easiest to understand answers.<br /><br />Support is about making everyone's computers work the way they want them to, whether they know how or not. Its not about training them to be the next support crew.englishbuildershidakahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811348417268604336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-87176596865307741602012-04-16T23:14:00.146+01:002012-04-16T23:14:00.146+01:00Hey guys. I´m a newbie. Thanks for the positive at...Hey guys. I´m a newbie. Thanks for the positive attitude:) I´ve just joined a locale Linux club. Hope to learn faster this way.<br /><br />I´m on Ubuntu-Linux 10.04 -love it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-12483756484608621932012-04-16T22:43:40.762+01:002012-04-16T22:43:40.762+01:00Nothing wrong with being a newbie and saying that ...Nothing wrong with being a newbie and saying that when you have a question. Those people get reasonable answers at the forum where I participate (LinuxQuestions.org), if needed with a link to the famous "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way" or "Linux is NOT Windows".<br /><br />But there are also those people that come to ask poorly phrased questions, demanding answers without showing any effort for themselves and being insulting if you tell them that they won't be spoon-fed with the answers. <br />Those people deserve nothing but a RTFM or LMGTFY answer and I see nothing wrong with that.<br /><br />Simple as that: Show us that you are willing to learn and we will teach.TobiSGDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05968874787662912124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-89552996048027393242012-04-16T11:54:19.447+01:002012-04-16T11:54:19.447+01:00Yes, we were all newbies at some point. The differ...Yes, we were all newbies at some point. The difference though is that some people were newbies were Linux looked like DOS (CLI-interface only), but others came directly to graphical environment. They have different approaches, and both have right to use the system. 8-)DarkDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128579430145372138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-474321140763590831.post-38474661611792658542012-04-10T22:21:17.841+01:002012-04-10T22:21:17.841+01:00I'm no longer a total newbie, but I appreciate...I'm no longer a total newbie, but I appreciate posts like this...Sometimes a person new to Linux has no idea where to begin.Sr. Dorothy, OSBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16816219240650355377noreply@blogger.com