[ale] Boot issues - OR - why Mafia$oft hurts/disappoints everyone endlessly

[Jeff Hubbs]

I have often said "Linux rewards hard work and careful study."


On 11/28/10 8:53 PM, Chris Fowler wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-11-28 at 19:43 -0500, Mike Harrison wrote:
>> The big issue is a establishing that common interest,
>> setting the vocabulary and values, and then supporting it.
>> It's hard.
> A friend years ago said to me "How do you know so much about Linux?"
>
> Answer:  "Immersion".
>
> <flamebait>
> If you spend your days (at work) locked into Windows and don't do much
> at home then don't expect much progress.  I've been lucky that at a
> majority of my time working I've been exposed to and using some form of
> UNIX.  During the short period where I had to run Windows on my work
> machine my progress was severely limited!
>
> I hate to say it but Linux is like anything else in life.  If you want
> to learn it you must use it (often).  You can't spend 8 hours at work
> running Windows XP then come home and browse the Internet on Linux.  You
> have to _really_ use it!
>
> When your life becomes complicated with a wife and kids then your time
> is shortened and you need more than ever to use it where you can (at
> work).  Otherwise, it is over.....
> </flamebait>
>
> In those cases where I needed Windows to communicate (office crap), I
> ran Windows in a VMWare guest while doing everything else in Linux.
>
>
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