Re: My first impression and goodbye

[Tim Lloyd <lloydt Colorado EDU>]

Ok, so this is my first impression and hello.  I've finally decided to
switch over to Linux from that "other" OS, where I ran a program called
Litestep to make it more friendly.  One of the things I noticed with the
Litestep community, especially as a member of the support team (I co-wrote
the FAQ), is that as it gained in popularity, through mentions in webzines
such as Lockergnome and magazines like PC Week and all those other "PC
[fill-in-the-blank]" mags, there was an enormous amount of "help me, it
doesn't work" requests on the mailing list and IRC.  But I must say, this
list seems to be doing a pretty good job handling questions so far.  Good
job to everyone involved.

Tim Lloyd, omaha@tmbg.org
http://pagina.de/Apollo18
"When I grow up...I want to work my way up to middle management...  I
want to be underappreciated...  I want to have a brown nose...  Yes, boss,
anything for a raise, boss..." -some ad
"...failure to terraform Mars constitutes failure to live up to our human
nature and a betrayal of our responsibility as members of the community of
life itself." -Robert Zubrin

On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Markus Stumpf wrote:
<snip snip snip>
> Linux and *BSD gave Joe User the opportunity to run a Unix system on
> his/her computer at home.
> With most installations they don't have to know much. Just choose
> a "default" installation from the CD ROM, wait for a while and bingo
> it's up and running.
> The next thing is they manage to get their email program and netscape
> to run and they're happy. They "surf" the internet, subscribe to a few
> mailing lists (which they never manage to get off again) but overall
> they have a usable system about which they know NOTHING.
> 
> I predict that this list will be hit with much higher percentage of this
> type of problem reports the next few weeks. The wider GNOME gets known
> the more we'll see.
> 
> Just my 2 Pfennige.