[KLUG Members] Linux tutor.

[Adam Williams]

> Oh wow.  So how long do you think it will be until people catch on that 
> they don't have to spend $300 a year on an operating system and

I caught on when they wanted me to pay $149 for Windows 95.  Yeah
right!  And then $300 for a compiler!  Oh, and $199 for a barely
functional database package.  And $200 for a word processor!  Yikes!!!

I got an Iggrasil Linux CD for $10.00 and a copy of Word Perfect for
Linux for $189.  The compiler and the database - well, it was a choice
of which one, for a cost of $0.00.

If you install Ximian take a tour of System->"Administrator Settings", 
alot can be done their without resorting to the command line.

This probably belongs over on the advocacy list now. :) [Preempting the
list master].

>  $1500 a year on a computer system?

Hey, but that part is fun.  At least I get something for my money.

> >>Get your dad red-carpet from ximian.org
> >>You don't even have to download stuff (after getting it installed
> >>initially).  well, you DO download stuff but it happens in the
> >>background and the program takes care of everything (including
> >>dependencies).
> >It also provides a very nice audit trail of installed/removed packages - 
> >handy when something stops working, as well as a nice interface for 
> >installing third party packages from a file or URL.