how to jigdo download a fedora 8 re-spin in one easy step?

Karl Larsen k5di at zianet.com
Mon Dec 31 20:26:07 UTC 2007


Ric Moore wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-12-30 at 11:44 -0500, David Boles wrote:
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>> Karl Larsen wrote:
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>>> It, Linux, is not always easy. But I think that sometimes users actually
>>> make it harder for themselves.
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>>>    It is somewhat more difficult if the subject is unknown and steps to
>>> get it are unknown and you do not know what it does. This is typical of
>>> Fedora when you first see it.
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>> What, please give me an example subject, do you think is, or was,
>> difficult? Perhaps I can give you some 'instruction searching tips'.
>> That, along with some books, was how i learned what I know.
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> Dave, I liked the Stanton-Finlay site as it had step-by-step
> instructions that even Mom could follow. That's the point, for "users"
> to make things happen for themselves. 
>
> It's not a point that Linux is going to hell for the newbies that want
> to use it. The point is that a newbie can make something happen that is
> useful, outside the sphere of tool making, by using the applications.
> Changing a life is not a bad thing and Linux can empower a lot of people
> to do the things that they do, like writing, artwork, music composition,
> video editing and so forth. Not everyone is gifted with a coder brain.
> But maybe one of those great-unwashed will create something of benefit
> within their own sphere of interests that benefits others, as well as
> ourselves, in return of our generosity. 
>
> Installing java from the java site would not have happened for me if not
> for some simplistic instructions that Stanton Finlay provided. I was
> tired, confused and a bit angry at myself, Life, the Universe and
> Everything at the time. Having my hand held was not a bad thing, as it
> re-assured me that someone had enough -empathy- to dumb down and that a
> person like that would be thoughtful, as well as thorough, enough to be
> a good mentor. Someone I could trust that I have never met. 
>
> While I know enough to hit the enter key when appropriate, maybe some
> other poor bastard doesn't and needs that additional instruction. How
> many people know that many conf scripts need that extra blank line in
> them? The instruction to "hit return" again and then to save is
> certainly appropriate for someone who doesn't. 
>
> I can certainly ignore what I believe I already know, but I leave room
> for those that need the additional prompting. So, I applaud things that
> show some heart in them, the world needs a helluva lot more of that.
> It's loving the unlovable.  ...and the greatest of these three; hope,
> faith and charity, is charity. And, that's the way it is. <smiles> Ric
>
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    Well said! I do not do near as well but after looking at Finlay 
writing it is what I will strive to copy.

Karl


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