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Linux Newbie, You Have Options.

Posted by khess on · 7 comments
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Linux Newbies, you also have an ally: Me. Nothing gets people in the Linux World riled up like comparing distributions, desktops or editors. But for the new Linux user, the whole thing is a bit confusing. What do we tell them? Do we verbally slug it out in forums or do we offer gentle guidance to those entering the Linux jungle for the first time? It's hard not to offer an opinion in such emotional matters. One might believe that Linux, choice of desktop and editors are religious notions instead of technical ones. I offer the following gentle guidelines for the newbie who dares enter our sacred space.

Nothing gets people in the Linux World riled up like comparing distributions, desktops or editors. But for the new Linux user, the whole thing is a bit confusing. What do we tell them? Do we verbally slug it out in forums or do we offer gentle guidance to those entering the Linux jungle for the first time? It's hard not to offer an opinion in such emotional matters. One might believe that Linux, choice of desktop and editors are religious notions instead of technical ones. I offer the following gentle guidelines for the newbie who dares enter our sacred space.

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Comments (7)

caitlyn ·
My advice to Linux newbies is to ignore anything written by Ken Hess.
jdixon ·
I saw the line:

> Linux Newbies, you also have an ally: Me.

and my immediate thought was, "With friends like these...".
lcafiero ·
+1 caitlyn and jdixon. No, make that +10, binary or otherwise. It's nothing short of awe-inspring how someone can be so pretentious and know so little.





softwarejanitor ·
Yeah, that was a pretty useless article. Does he get paid for that? I think there are several people who post here who could do a lot better.
tuxchick ·
Daniweb is like LiveJournal, but for tech topics. Anyone can join.
softwarejanitor ·
@tuxchick Ah, that explains a lot.

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