Linux on the Desktop

[Rick Franklin]

Jonathan Hutchins wrote:

> One of the things I really value about Linux is that it's not a 
> lowest-common-denominator, one-size-fits-all system.  It's a system 
> for "power users", those people who enjoy understanding at least some 
> of what is going on with their systems, who enjoy putting some serious 
> time into getting them set up the way they like best.
>

Fortunately, it has not required any serious time to get SUSE 9.0 to 
perform brilliantly on my desktop. The laptop, well, that was a slightly 
different matter.
For those of us who are not computer gurus, and have not the time to 
become computer gurus, it is great to have a distro work right out of 
the box. It provides a quick escape from Microsoft dependence ... I 
hardly ever boot to XP, and I can learn more about Linux (and make my 
laptop happier) in my "spare" time without missing out on the enjoyment 
of a functional desktop in the meantime. KCLUG has helped a great deal, 
and I have never felt that anyone was trying to piss on me from a high 
altitude for asking a simple question <evil grin>.

BTW, Jonathan, I did rebuild the rpm database on the Fedora laptop ... a 
snap! ... thanks for your input! The next step is to install functional 
media players. Everything else is working well in Fedora.

Linux is fun, even for this simple, OTR truck driver.