Re: Installing Stuff on Linux
And most of us, even those of us who have been at it for a while, are still in that boat. 
With time of use, one acquires:
1) experience
2) understanding (the depth of which varies from user to user)
3) familiarity (which is not necessarily the same as understanding)
4) comfort (the feeling of 'ease' one gets with the other three)
Many who decide to make the move from Windoze to Linux, even if it is just to "take if for a spin around the block" are initially frustrated. The mindset is "Windoze is an OS; Linux is an OS. Linux 'looks' like Windoze, so it must be just as easy to run as Windoze." Again, if one thinks of Windoze and Linux as a vehicle, then it is true that both look a like from a cursory examination - from the outside. Both have four wheels. Both have doors. Both run on the same fuel. Both have an engine and drive train. But that's where the similarity stops. It's the engine and the accessories attached to it that differ.
The movie U-571 is a great example of the analogy I've expressed. U.S. submariners had to capture an Enigma code machine from the Germans during WWII. Things went bad, and they had to operate the German submarine. But everything was in German, and not everything was in the expected place. They had to 'relearn' how to operate something they were already proficient with!
Originally posted by Fintan
Most of us were in the same boat at one time or another.
With time of use, one acquires:1) experience
2) understanding (the depth of which varies from user to user)
3) familiarity (which is not necessarily the same as understanding)
4) comfort (the feeling of 'ease' one gets with the other three)
Many who decide to make the move from Windoze to Linux, even if it is just to "take if for a spin around the block" are initially frustrated. The mindset is "Windoze is an OS; Linux is an OS. Linux 'looks' like Windoze, so it must be just as easy to run as Windoze." Again, if one thinks of Windoze and Linux as a vehicle, then it is true that both look a like from a cursory examination - from the outside. Both have four wheels. Both have doors. Both run on the same fuel. Both have an engine and drive train. But that's where the similarity stops. It's the engine and the accessories attached to it that differ.
The movie U-571 is a great example of the analogy I've expressed. U.S. submariners had to capture an Enigma code machine from the Germans during WWII. Things went bad, and they had to operate the German submarine. But everything was in German, and not everything was in the expected place. They had to 'relearn' how to operate something they were already proficient with!
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