Comments on: The Linux Chronicles http://www.johndearmond.com/2009/01/15/717/ My little pothole on the information superhighway Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:53:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Clifford Clingan http://www.johndearmond.com/2009/01/15/717/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Clifford Clingan Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:13:45 +0000 http://www.johndearmond.com/?p=717#comment-243 OK Bigg'un, I've read what you're doing, and I'm impressed with your goals; 1. Get Bates out of your Wallet 2. Do it by going Free ware (Ubuntu Linux) 3. Do it and keep a Log of the effort 4. Finally, doing it the way someone like myself can duplicate, that is, using only the Tools on the Desktop; No Shell or "writing" add-on plug-ins to bypass a problem ... in other words, "Newby" Style. I look forward to your journey towards Freedom, and Independent Wealth, because you'll not have to "Upgrade" to another $200 to $500 Operating System every couple of years, that may, or may not, run the Applications you have spent, what ... $2K to get permission to use, on that ONE computer. You ROCK Dude! OK Bigg’un, I’ve read what you’re doing, and I’m impressed with your goals;
1. Get Bates out of your Wallet
2. Do it by going Free ware (Ubuntu Linux)
3. Do it and keep a Log of the effort
4. Finally, doing it the way someone like myself can duplicate, that is, using only the Tools on the Desktop; No Shell or “writing” add-on plug-ins to bypass a problem … in other words, “Newby” Style.
I look forward to your journey towards Freedom, and Independent Wealth, because you’ll not have to “Upgrade” to another $200 to $500 Operating System every couple of years, that may, or may not, run the Applications you have spent, what … $2K to get permission to use, on that ONE computer.
You ROCK Dude!

]]> By: Nicholas http://www.johndearmond.com/2009/01/15/717/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Nicholas Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:51:07 +0000 http://www.johndearmond.com/?p=717#comment-240 I went pretty much all-Linux a couple of years ago. If you have questions you have my e-mail address; I can't promise to respond instantly but I should be able to help with just about anything. I don't have much experience with Ubuntu but I know a fair bit about the common parts that all Linux systems have. I don't really miss Windows, there were a lot of hassles I encountered that I don't have to deal with with Linux. For example, it's almost impossible for something you install (aside from a kernel upgrade) to hose your system, and kernel upgrades aren't hard to back out of if they go wrong. I went pretty much all-Linux a couple of years ago. If you have questions you have my e-mail address; I can’t promise to respond instantly but I should be able to help with just about anything. I don’t have much experience with Ubuntu but I know a fair bit about the common parts that all Linux systems have.

I don’t really miss Windows, there were a lot of hassles I encountered that I don’t have to deal with with Linux. For example, it’s almost impossible for something you install (aside from a kernel upgrade) to hose your system, and kernel upgrades aren’t hard to back out of if they go wrong.

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