tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post8036746339944731538..comments2024-03-26T20:17:30.126-07:00Comments on Every Blade of Grass: OpenSUSE 12.2 Releaseddrjimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-3588154914754384152012-09-07T10:14:41.506-07:002012-09-07T10:14:41.506-07:00Linux has gotten MUCH easier to use. When I first ...Linux has gotten MUCH easier to use. When I first started, very few people had ever heard of it, and it was difficult to find packaged distributions at places like CompUSA. The first package I bought was Red Hat, and I used that for a while. Then when I was at CompUSA for something else, I looked on the shelf, and saw a new (to me) distribution from Germany called "SuSE". When I saw it included a bunch of Ham radio software, I bought it, installed it, and learned it. Even if you "know" Linux, most of the distributions will have some small differences and quirks, so I decided to stick with SuSE, and learn it inside-out.<br />Today, if you want a very easy-to-use distribution, you have many choices. Ubuntu, Mint, and several others are 99.99% "Plug-and-Play". Way back when I got started, it took me a week to get my modem to work, and several days to figure out how to download Netscape using ftp so I had a browser to use. Everything was "Command Line" driven, and graphical tools for configuring the system were few and far between.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-20049368488966854542012-09-07T05:49:28.307-07:002012-09-07T05:49:28.307-07:00I admire you for learning this. We tried years bac...I admire you for learning this. We tried years back but found out we had little time to learn it and make it work. It's funny how much faster time seems to go as you get older.USA_Admiralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06547904176888348792noreply@blogger.com