» | 58 Anonymous 1969-12-31T17:00:00 [ImgOps] [iqdb]File: 586308.jpg (JPEG, 298.4 KB, 1060x1510)  | >>57 Ive heard of it but never seen much of it. I'd reccomend 9front. Its active and alive and it works perfectly on thinkpads, and its what I use. Some advice: You wont understand how to use it for nearly anything at first. Just get aquainted with the basic ideas and use it for basic stuff, like pictures and music. ...I guess sshfs to copy them from your other machines in that case too. Just an example! you have to read the fqa, the manpgaes for whatever you wanna know about, and probably a paper or two as well. its not like linux where the documentation is longer than epic literature, and you just search trhough for some single feature, nor is it like linux where half the programs are great big monolithic blocks presenting their own special little alternate world of interface and configuration problems. The documentation is easy to read and helpful, and it allows you to understand how things are used and thus fit together, but you have to actually understand that. Its NOT very good for quickly figuring out the magic incantation that does the particular thing you want. This is obviously a little exxagerated, but its roughly like that. the 9front devs are a load of cranky sourpusses who're burned out with newbie questions, but you can generally get useful support on irc, IF, you followed the step above, in which case you'll have narrowed down your problem to a little, specific, easy to answer question. probably, most of the time. extending from 'yo uwont know how things work at first', just have fun poking around and seeing what options are available to yo uand how things work, and how you can combine them together usefully. dont get angry or sad when something doesnt work, like you've been insulted, its just alien. disclaimer: Im an ignorant child, Im just about able to use the system for the things I'd want to use it for that dont fall into the category of nonexistant(video player, javascript web browser, etc). Thats just my personal experience in getting to the point where I can kind of use it. I'm not smart or knowledgable, please understand. |
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