When I first started using Linux (on the Desktop) I was surprised to learn that it was not about learning how to use a terminal. I learned how to do that probably a year after.
@BrandonWeaver Most users are not sysadmins or trying to be sysadmins,the percentage is small, most ppl are just regular users who want to access the web, watch videos, write a document, etc., and GUI makes life easier for them to accomplish those tasks..
Think of it this way @BrandonWeaver You're going to be spending 90% of your time fixing and monitoring servers. Do you really want to spend more of your time fooling with your desktop, fixing, tweaking, modifying?
@BrandonWeaver Just because some people are more comfortable with GUI doesn't mean they think terminal is evil, they just think I'd rather point-and-click, rather than sit and learn how to type the commands on the terminal correctly.
@BrandonWeaver why should (for example) my father have to learn the terminal when he's been comfortable just doing what he needs/wants to do without it for so many years?
@BrandonWeaver Its freedom, they choose to use the GUI and not learn the terminal. Ultimately, nobody is being forced to learn anything. and no one learns anything when forced
you know what i found interesting on freenode today... someone with the nick "jcastro" is giving an ubuntu classroom session. the only "J. Castro" I'm aware of is @JorgeCastro here. Are they one and the same?
@BrandonWeaver Dude, cli works for you, good for you. It doesn't fly with other people. Live with it. This is linux, land of freedom. Nobody said you can't use linux without learning the terminal!
Bounty offered: Considerations when restoring backup from 1 machine to another http://askubuntu.com/questions/64931/considerations-when-restoring-backup-from-1-machine-to-another #installation
I have written a very simple program with a few while loops and conditions in Python, and tested it into IDLE. It sems to run correctly, and the values printed for test at each important lines of the program are Ok
when I run the program in blender text window, no errors are detected and when, launching the animation with Alt-A, nothing happens
when I give a look at the console window, the program seems not to be executed correctly, and a variable value which is set to 0 in the head of my code has been changed a few lines after the program began to run, into 50, without noticeable reason ! its value should have been gently incremented by a=a+1 ! no other operation uses this variable !
Have you found great success with a particular set of hardware? If so, what were the specs?
I have been using flavors of Linux for many years. I have installed it on countless computers with countless hardware configurations. I love using Ubuntu desktop, which I do, on average, for about 5 hours...
Before I buy my next laptop, I'd like to make sure that it will work perfectly with Ubuntu. Is there a list of completely supported computers anywhere?
There are only 3 of us moderators, but there are over 70 users with the ability to vote to close :D
So for now a hybrid of comment + flag with link to duplicate will help cover all the bases. Eventually you won't really need to flag that much at all :D
PSA: I'm about to post something that could be categorized as spam - I'm testing a SE API hack for a buddy, so don't delete until I've given the all clear. :P
Before I buy my next laptop, I'd like to make sure that it will work perfectly with Ubuntu. Is there a list of completely supported computers anywhere?
