Craig Zeigler wrote:
Chris Cox wrote:
On Thursday 04 August 2005 08:50 am, Ryan Viljoen wrote:
Yeah so you just skipped n00b status?
You never asked a stupid question?
No I thought not.
Thats the spirit lets keep Gentoo to ourselves so it can grow...
*sigh*
I was of course just kidding. I do like Gentoo but hey, it isn't the
right choice for everyone. Some people I'm sure would prefer hand
holding and fancy GUI installers that other Distros have a seem to
cator to the masses.
DO you really think Gentoo should be the first Distro people new to
Linux should turn to?
In one word... YES!. If you're going to learn your way around Linux
well, why not start with something that doesn't teach you rely on GUIs
and crap like that. When it all goes south, you're left iwth a command
line. I guess I'm from the school that started wtih computer back
where there was no GUI. The closest thing I had to a GUI was an
ncurses like system, that really didn't work all that well.
I agree with Craig. But in a broader sense, if anybody is to learn
their way around a computer, start them out by building "their own
computer". Start them out with a box of parts and an install cd. Give
them diagram how the parts go and a Phillips head screwdriver (less
tools required than assembling a swing set). Teach them "fear not the
black screen with the white letters". Watch their joy as the learn that
their new born computer can now stand on it's own by installing the
base layout. Hear them brag that their child can walk because it has
learned X windows server. Suffer through the screen shots once it has
grown to a full desktop.
Never more will these persons quiver at the very thought of tearing the
sacred plastic that contains the mystical restore cd.
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