I agree that you have to apply yourself, but when you are simply applying yourself to run in circles it gets frustrating. Plus, my computer needs a device to switch it off when I get overtired. That rant was nothing; you should have seen the hoops I had to jump through to restore files when I deleted the wrong one. Fun comes in all flavours.
As mentione, I need a jumping off place and a methodology to follow and a way to know that the information I am getting is current or applies to 2.8 or something worse. It'll come. I used to program IBM mainframes; in many ways that was worse. If you don't believe me, try reading IBM documentation. What I should do is ignore those who ignore me; simply don't return. And, by the way, thanks to all who responded in a more or less rational manner. I'd light a candle for you, except with my luck it'd probably drip on the keyboard. --- "Eric A. Bonney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > S C wrote: > > For months now I have been trying to make Debian > behave like a real > > OS. However, I still cannot print, > format/initialize a new cd or use > > one to back up files, get the sound working, watch > a movie or read > > images from my digital camera. With Windows all > this was simple. I > > downloaded the relevant program, set it up and it > worked. Windows is > > supposed to be devilspawn and doomed, and maybe it > is. It does, > > however, have one saving grace; it works. It > works without expecting > > me to become a systems engineer. > > > > When I go to someplace like freenode/#debian I am > ignored. Maybe I > > should say to Hell with Linux and sell my story to > Microsoft. > > Obviously I don't really want to, but how much > longer should I put up > > with a partial OS? I don't mind telling you I'm > damned sick of it. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Ask a question on any topic and get answers from > real people. *Go to > > Yahoo! Answers.* <http://ca.answers.yahoo.com> > You know...I have been giving this thread alot of > thought. I think the > issue is that we the end user expect to much from > Linux in general and I > don't think that the average person thinks of > certain things. Like, how > long have you been using Windows? I know I have > been using Windows for > basically my entire adult life, yet I just started > using Linux a little > over a month ago. I realize that things are going > to be much more > difficult in Linux, some because Linux is not as > user friendly as > Windows, but mostly because it is new to me. When I > first started using > Windows way back when, it was difficult to do much > of anything also. > > I think, we the new user of Linux, need to expect > issues and things to > be more difficult, but that's what this mailing list > is for, that is > what IRC is for. I have had nothing but great > experiences with both of > these and usually I am able to get my issues > resolved with help from the > folks there and with some research on my own. > > It all boils down to the fact that we have to be > willing to put forth a > little bit of work ourselves if we want things to > work properly, even in > Windows. > > -Eric > Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
