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| From | Adrian C <email@here.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: olduse.net |
| Date | 2014-03-09 20:52 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <bo42lcF5gk9U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <bo1838Ft3j4U3@mid.individual.net> <380151905416045011.204212usenet-stephenthomascole.com@news.eternal-september.org> <icob1fv2fb.fsf@home.home> |
On 09/03/2014 15:04, Dan Espen wrote: > Stephen Thomas Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> writes: > >> My field is the creative industry and my degree is in photography, but over >> the last 10 years or so I've become increasingly a "computer nerd" and >> would love to drop everything and spend 3 years doing a CS degree, not >> necessarily to pursue a career but rather to just geek out. Any chance I >> can gate crash your session on the 17th? ;-) heh. Probably best not to, I >> don't know shite from dirty pudding when it comes to Unix, only significant >> CLI work I ever did was on my Amiga 1200, and I never got on with it. > > It has been a long time since the CLI was a necessary part of using > unix. > > If you have a Kindle, you are using a flavor of unix. > Good luck even finding the CLI there. > > If you do want to learn about computers, doing a Linux install > is probably the best way to go. And, it's completely free. > Get yourself a live CD or bootable USB key and you don't even have to > change anything on your hard disk. > Best start with the 'net install' / 'minimal install CD' and skip the X stuff. AND use a hard drive. Hell, even an otherwise dead machine. Or a Rasberry Pi / HP Microserver. Live CDs are for wimps ... -- Adrian C
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Re: olduse.net Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-08 07:23 +0000
Re: olduse.net Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-03-08 14:27 +0000
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Re: olduse.net Adrian C <email@here.invalid> - 2014-03-09 20:52 +0000
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Re: olduse.net Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2014-03-11 17:39 +0000
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