Got Linux to boot! 1532
Seems to fit my earlier experiences and my thoughts on it - Linux can be great for folks who like to tinker or who have it set up by someone who knows their needs. It takes more tinkering and decision making that either OS X or XP, but that does allow for greater customization. As people do tinker a bit, on purpose or even on accident, they may not be able to undo with they did - this may discourage, for some, the desire to explore.
I, on the other hand, am a tinkerer, so I will enjoy exploring. At the same time I do not expect to switch from OS X to Linux - I am looking at it to be able to know which students might benefit from it and to use it as a non-primary machine.
Well, I know you can use the command line tools - and it likely has what OS X has and more. I am more interested in the GUI tools, though. Nothing against the command line, and I am happy it is there for when I want or need it, but for the population I am looking at the OS's for it is not really a big selling point.
I am sure that once I actually have it installed and am not just playing with a LiveCD I will be able to play with that more. For now the hardware I want to put it on is being used for mission important work, so I am not going to fiddle with it too much.
You can believe that if you wish. :) You worked with a LiveCD for a couple of weeks? Makes sense, and I should have thought about that...
I know some love this feature - never has done much for me.
Yup... Apple "borrowed" that from a shareware package in Clbuttic OS... and you can get it for OS X.
Yeah, but the GUI help was all but useless. I was quite disappointed with it - though, again, perhaps there is a more complete help with other distros. The one I was using was a pre-release... so I can understand the help being weak. What I did not expect was the GUI help *system* to be so weak.
Would seem that the default should be to have it on...
Yup... but again, CLUI vs. GUI...
Certainly. I do not pretend that an hour of actual up time with a LiveCD makes me an expert in modern Linux systems. :)
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