-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Zheng Li wrote: | Ben wrote: |> "The project is geared towards people who understand a UNIX(tm) |> environment. If that isn't you, then it's hard to see why you're |> dabbling with Ubuntu." |> |> If I don't understand UNIX, then it's hard to see why I'm dabbling |> with Ubuntu? Is that a mistype? Did you mean to say that it's easy to |> see why I'm dabbling with Ubuntu, as it is generally thought to be a |> newbie-friendly distro? Is there a more approachable way to understand |> UNIX? |> |> It's no wonder that Linux has roughly 1% desktop market share with |> that sort of attitude. Unfortunately, Ubuntu doesn't even display |> right on my laptop, so it'll be a while yet before I do understand |> Linux. |> |> - B |> |> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Christopher Faylor |> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |> |>> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 02:42:49PM -0700, Ben wrote: |>> |>>> Removed my HTML to send this off... |>>> |>> It is not important for anyone to know this. |>> |>> |>>> The Ubuntu help says that if you download Cygwin (link: |>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM), you can follow the |>>> Linux directions. I'm using the Cygwin shell and it is not working. I |>>> downloaded the file to C. I type: |>>> |>>> cd C:\ |>>> |>>> So far, so good. The (zippied) file ubutuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso is |>>> sitting in C:\. So I type: |>>> |>>> md5sum ubutuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso |>>> |>>> "No such file or directory." |>>> |>>> Ah well. Cygwin does not seem to be a very newbie-friendly |>>> application. "Help cd" offers one a starkly technical little |>>> paragraph. Incidentally, how does one even go to the Desktop directory |>>> (which lies at C:\Documents and Settings\Ben\Desktop for me) with |>>> Cygwin? Whenever you put in a space, Cygwin seems to reject it. |>>> |>> Hmm. Just got a similar question on irc a while ago. |>> |>> Cygwin doesn't use : or \. Use: |>> |>> cd "/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/Ben/Desktop" |>> |>> And, btw, your "newbie-friendly" comment shows that you apparently have |>> no idea what Cygwin is and possibly have no idea what Linux is all |>> about. The project is geared towards people who understand a UNIX(tm) |>> environment. If that isn't you, then it's hard to see why you're |>> dabbling with Ubuntu. |>> |>> cgf |>> |>> |>> |> |> -- |> Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple |> Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html |> Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html |> FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ |> |> |> | Well, if you use linux system in a MS windows style where clicking | buttons can almost solve everything, | then you may waste of your valuable times and totally loss your | confidence on Linux. You need to | read a book and just learn it, like what you do in other computer | lessons. Linux expects you as a master | and this assumption may be harmful to newbies. Fortunately, after a | shape learning line, you can control | your linux system to do lots of things windows can't do. | Yours | Zheng |
I don't think that any linux user expects anyone else to be a master of it but be rather knowledgable about what they are going into prior to jumping in. There are some really bad and stupid questions to be had out there. I know because I have answered some and only shook my head while doing so. - -- Robert Pendell [EMAIL PROTECTED] "A perfect world is one of chaos." Thawte Web of Trust Notary CAcert Assurer -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIZrK+s1pR2j1qW+sRAucXAJ4/fGt+YI3am8gzuORhDnqgXNE/ZACdGj2O qCDQaDV7gnjPtxqBzUiLr84= =HarW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
