Submitted by Kim on Sat, 2006-10-28 15:36.
Here I am. a few years away from retirement, when most people are thinking vacation property and time shares in sunny places and I am taking on the Linux experience.
I tell people that it is like standing on an iceburg. It's big, impressive and perhaps a little scary, but the scary part is knowing that I can only see the part above the waterline. There is so much more about Linux that I just don't know anything about, yet.
Every BLOG and every wiki gives a new and exciting glimpse into the world below the waterline. I find myself asking innocent questions about the terms that I read and the now I am re-reading old copies of Linux magazine and understanding some of the articles that made no sense two months ago.
The Linux Caffe was a great place to get an introduction to the Ubuntu Linux Planet. I drop in to the Web site from time to time to keep up on the local news. I only wish it were nearer to where I live so I could enjoy the coffee and chat in person with people who know what is going on below the waterline.
kim
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Your iceberg, is becoming crowded.
I have run into so many people in your situation, people that just want to enjoy the type of fun "hacking" that people in the late 70's and 80's did. Back when copyright was not a word common to software, back when you could ask for - and get, the circuit plans to electronics. In this day and age where everything is wrapped in international legal slim, the world of open source offers and experience once thought extinct. I hope your iceberg offers you a world of wonder and amazement, enjoy the slushies :) Phillip WilliamsNorth East Ohio Newbie Linux Users Group Open Source Users Group
same shoes
I'm with you on this one. Your post brought to mind the early Eighties when I discovered an impressive little box called 'Lisa' -- it's FIVE MEG hard disk, one whole meg of RAM, and fresh new GUI widening my eyes with the thought of it's immense power.
Your iceberg had arrived.
Some months later a newer and much smaller version of the box was introduced -- now named after a popular fruit: and in lock-step, a little known software company from Redmond Washington introduced what were to become two very popular applications designed specifically for the new environment -- a word processor, 'Word,' and a spreadsheet, 'Excel.'
The rest is -- as they say, l'histoir...
Some years later that little known company introduced its own windowed GUI...
Well, we've certainly come a long way on-line since those days. In fact the on-line world has never lost its 'iceberg' status for me. But I gotta say, I'm not so sure we're getting any more done with the personal computer. And it's certainly not any easier!
Now comes Ubuntu and the open systems/software movement...
Seems the iceberg lives again. But this time it has cute little penguins sliding all over its slippery surface.
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