Austin Isler wrote:
I didnt like his shell example reading "lostchild". First I am new to Linux. Second I have been using computers since MS-DOS 5. Third I am no child. Since Micro$oft is a software giant and has the money for ads, you can not judge people because they only know of Windows.I agree about not prejudging people.
Austin Alexandre Strube wrote:
Em Qui, 2004-02-26 às 13:42, Wayde Gutman escreveu:
My impression from fedora-list emails that many of the users of FC1 and
FC2 are from the GUI generation, e.t., Windows. I have been a computer
user since MS-DOS 3.3 days, as far as I am concerned, if you had never
used DOS, you are at a disadvantage.
I've been using computers since mainframe and those perfurated cards, not to say altair and zx stuff. But my mother uses them for, say, 3 years, and I'm glad that GUI stuff evolved so much she can use Fedora. I wouldn't put redhat 7 on a computer to her.
And I doubt she will never need anything on command-line. Openoffice, gnome, mozilla, evolution and frozen-bubble are more than enough :-)
However, what I often see is that many people make no effort to help themselves and expect someone else to hold their hands when doing something new.
A poster in a different thread mentioned that he would like to be able to give a user a hint in the right dirrection (paraphrased) rather than provide a step by step procedure for solving the problem
This is similar to the idea of: "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime"
Some people are only willing to do something if they are forced to do so, and others only need a hint in where to look an dthey will do it themselves with others somewhere between. I have seen both extremes on this list, and the people providing help also are spread across the spectrum of philosophies.
I personally both prefer the hint and like to provide the hint. I like to learn and become independent. We all would be better if everyone did the same but not everyone is the same so we have to deal with all types.
The poster providing the example gives both an idea of where to look and what it should look like and to anyone with an idea of learning it was all that should have been needed.
Just my $.02
Jeff
