Forest for the trees

[dwighte.chadbourne at stopandshop.com (Dwight E Chadbourne)]

On 2/6/07, James Kramer <kramerjm at gmail.com> wrote:
> This thought just occurred to me while discussing the virtues of open
> source with my brother-- who is an experienced Windows die hard that
> just about had it with as he labels it 'Microshaft'.  What we linux
> et. al users take for granted is there are all the wonderful Live CDs
> that promote Open source.  However, when a windows user tries out the
> CD they first see the boot messsages as the system is initiated.  Some
> of those messages contain errors appearing like there are a problems
> with their system running open source.


After reading an article about Linux a couple of years ago I ran out and 
purchased RedHat 8.  I had very little experience with computers and was 
not sure where to start.  I found the boot messages the perfect beginning 
and immediately wanted to learn what each of them did.  (The manuals that 
came with the CD's were awesome too!)  So I think for the curious hobbyist 
it may be best to leave the messages.  But I can understand that some may 
prefer quiet.  - Eric C.




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