Old Dog and Loving his new puppy
Posted: Sat 03 Jul 2010, 19:02
I'm an old DOS guy, got my first and only cert from a small company in UT called Novell, you may have heard of them. SO basically I'm a hardware and networking guy. Not a programmer, unfortunately for both my job potential and bank account
I went along with Windows cause every one I worked for/with was also. But when Linux started getting popular back in 98 I got interested and started with red Hat, then the most popular. But it was hard and difficult to use and many of the programs I wanted were not in .rpm's or even available for Linux. Time went on and I was out of the computer business directly and teaching (I have a MBA). I got back into Linux briefly but it still did not have what I wanted/needed. Yet it always felt good to get back to the command line, like I was really in control again.
Now I am unemployed, and at 61 probably unemployable. I don't have the money to upgrade a laptop or a desktop (I have 1 laptop that's 6 or 7 years old and 2 emachines that are 5 years old). The Windows XP got corrupted on the laptop and since I will be losing my apartment for lack of money I have been spending time building it with puppy 5.1.
Happy to say that so far I am only missing a few applications. But I'll look around and see what's out there. Everything else, from home banking to torrent downloads is there. I'll more than get by; and the price is MORE THAN RIGHT!!
I just want to say thanks to all the programmers and forum users who have posted similar problems to mine and from whom I have learned more than a little about both puppy and Linux in general. If I was a programmer I'd contribute some programs myself. If I was employed I'd contribute money, but all can do now is stand on the sidelines and cheer --
GO PUPPY!!
thanks.
I went along with Windows cause every one I worked for/with was also. But when Linux started getting popular back in 98 I got interested and started with red Hat, then the most popular. But it was hard and difficult to use and many of the programs I wanted were not in .rpm's or even available for Linux. Time went on and I was out of the computer business directly and teaching (I have a MBA). I got back into Linux briefly but it still did not have what I wanted/needed. Yet it always felt good to get back to the command line, like I was really in control again.
Now I am unemployed, and at 61 probably unemployable. I don't have the money to upgrade a laptop or a desktop (I have 1 laptop that's 6 or 7 years old and 2 emachines that are 5 years old). The Windows XP got corrupted on the laptop and since I will be losing my apartment for lack of money I have been spending time building it with puppy 5.1.
Happy to say that so far I am only missing a few applications. But I'll look around and see what's out there. Everything else, from home banking to torrent downloads is there. I'll more than get by; and the price is MORE THAN RIGHT!!
I just want to say thanks to all the programmers and forum users who have posted similar problems to mine and from whom I have learned more than a little about both puppy and Linux in general. If I was a programmer I'd contribute some programs myself. If I was employed I'd contribute money, but all can do now is stand on the sidelines and cheer --
GO PUPPY!!
thanks.