[KLUG Members] Linux tutor.

[Nik R.]

I mean the biggest hurdle is teaching people a totally new way to use a 
computer.  Perfect example is up2date from Redhat.  My father is a new 
linux user and his biggest argument about up2date is that if he 
downloads and rpm package it should work like and exe.  I explain to him 
this is not always possible.  He is looking for the "Doubleclick, Done" 
scenario.

As far as OpenOffice I like it so much better than MS.

Scripting languages I know absolutly nothing about.  I would like to get 
into tcl eventually.

Adam Williams wrote:

>>I have been in corporate IT for 3 years.  When my contract was up I 
>>worked here as a favor to myself and a family member (there wasn't a lot 
>>out there anyway).  When the current IT guy retires I am going to be 
>>moving into his spot.  Some things I don't think are well explained are:
>>1.  How can I either get this to work for me like Windows, or get away 
>>from Windows theology all together.
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>What do you mean "work for me"?  Do you want a more integrated desktop? 
>If thats what you mean check out http://www.ximian.com
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>>2.  Advantages to taking a hit in the software department with the 
>>market being stolen by MS and what common software replaces that equivalent.
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>Open Office replaces M$-Office (nicely, possibly even better, at least
>for what I use it for - opinions vary).
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>GNUCash replaces Quicken/M$-Money.
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>As far as desktop stuff goes...
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>Most of the Linux server packages are really well known (Apache,
>sendmail, CyrusIMAP, OpenLDAP) [which replace IIS, Exchange, Exchange,
>and AD; respectively]
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>>3.  (This is one I discovered on my own being an IT guy) How much you 
>>really need to learn basics in command line.
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>Most basic tasks can be accomplished via the GUI.  You need to command
>like for when things don't work (diagnosis) and for corner
>configurations.
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>>4.  I still don't understand scripts at all.
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>Just think of a marriage between Quick Basic and Batch files with a
>little Pascal thrown in for spice.  Or like OS level macros.  Your shell
>actually even has a macro-recorder of sorts.
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