A good job well done
Forum: User Feedback
Topic: A good job well done
started by: clive
Posted by clive on Jan. 21 2006,14:57
I started in the world of computers on a Sinclair ZX81 (I still have it).Well to cut a long story short it went ZX81>VIC20>BBC 32k>AmstradPC....
So I guess you could say I worked my way up although with XP I feel its starting to go downhill.
Anyway, I have tried numerous versions of Linux, could never get to grips with it, I guess us old DOS guys are just like that... well I am anyway.
BUT............
DSL looks like its the one that is going to help me get away from Gate's bloated OS and all the problems that go with it.
Well done... my hat is off to you all.
Of course I have a million and one questions but I am going to see if I can get into DSL to the point where its the main machine and not just a VM.
BTW....The notes that come up when I first run DSL about drives and how they are mounted was excellent, finally I understand the situation.
Its not like I am a slow learner.... just that old habits die hard.
Posted by daacosta on Jan. 21 2006,17:11
I would like to echo the comments of clive and commend you on a job well done. When I started playing with DSL I could see lots of similarities with Debian and in fact, I believe that learning DSL first is the way to tackle that misterious distro: Debian.It was very pretty to see how seamlessly DSL ran on top of my Fedora Core 4 box and how many useful applications it has! When I saw that I could install synaptic I thought to myself "this thing can be scaled to almost anything I want!" I ordered the pendrive from dsl's website because it is so cheap (if you purchase a pendrive it will cost around $50-60 while you can order it here for just a little more money...) and because I think this project is worth contributing to. I am just not ready to wipe out my Fedora Core 4 box and install DSL but when Fedora Core 5 is released I plan on running DSL alone for a while and see if I can be happy with it.
Truly a remarkable product
Thanks
Posted by daacosta on Jan. 21 2006,17:14
I would like to echo the comments of clive and commend you on a job well done. When I started playing with DSL I could see lots of similarities with Debian and in fact, I believe that learning DSL first is the way to tackle that misterious distro: Debian.It was very pretty to see how seamlessly DSL ran on top of my Fedora Core 4 box and how many useful applications it has! When I saw that I could install synaptic I thought to myself "this thing can be scaled to almost anything I want!" I ordered the pendrive from dsl's website because it is so cheap (if you purchase a pendrive it will cost around $50-60 while you can order it here for just a little more money...) and because I think this project is worth contributing to. I am just not ready to wipe out my Fedora Core 4 box and install DSL but when Fedora Core 5 is released I plan on running DSL alone for a while and see if I can be happy with it.
Truly a remarkable product
Thanks
Posted by mikshaw on Jan. 21 2006,19:03
That's quite an echo =o)
Posted by AwPhuch on Jan. 23 2006,23:43
I agree with you guys...I started my adventure with linux with DSL...then I got interested in network security/networking and started using SmoothWall...I literally "learned" linux due to these distros! Plus I knew I could get it to work on almost any freeking system out there that I managed to dig out of the trash or slap together from parts laying around the house...all in all my initial linux experience truly began with DSL and SmoothWall!on another note:
Welcome to the Revolution!!!
Brian
AwPhuch