> I wonder how best it would be to "ease" someone into the linux > community. When i first started, it took a bit of getting used to. Now > that i'm a little more experienced, its a lot easier. I dont know if > i'm fostering a negative image, but those I talk to about linux seem > to shy away and think its too difficult. For most people i know (gamer > types) windows is what they understand, and dont need much outside of > that. OTOH, a friend of mine was in nexus several months ago, and > remarked on a box that was running an X windows interface on a SUSE > install. he said it was "just like windows". I think that people > perhaps might draw comfort from this, the familiarity of a gui, > instead of working with the command line. > I wonder...how do i approach people about linux in a way that doesn't > make linux seem too complicated, or obtuse? I think that with a little > effort and experience, people can get familiar with linux and what it > can do for them. I wonder what roles linux could play for a new user? > > The best analogy I have found for Linux is religion & spirtuality. Before I cntinue let me define my terms here. To me religion is the instruction and training you recieve as part of the "belief system" you are a part of. Spirituality is the application of the knowledge that you have learned.
That being said the sharing of the FLOSS/Linux "belief system" is akin to evangelizing. Whether converting to a religion or converting to Linux the premise is the same. Each person will have different needs and desires that need to be filled before they will consider or accepts your beliefs. Also, each person's "religiousexperience" will be individual as well. When that person has met God/Tux on a level that adequately meets their needs (with some growth taken into account), they will experience a "conversion". They will have burps and bumps along the way, but it is the journey and not the destination that is important. Kind of bizarre anology I know but I hope it helps you understand my thoughts patterns when I approach "evangelizing" Linux. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
