DSL Ideas and Suggestions :: Serious letter.



The method I use the most for learning is www.google.com/linux

I find it a very effective way to search. Honestly, though, this forum is so large I can usually find what I want from searching this forum. Also, if you are partial to Knoppix/Debain distros I would suggest the official Knoppix site and forums.

Chris
Thank You clivesay, I think your advice is good.
Yes, this forum is First, and I guess it is bigger than it may first  look.

I have been Red Hat Linux 6 for two years. I got a new (used,) laptop & went to Red Hat 7.1, & 9, but it is too big.
I discovered the QUALITY and brilliance and popularity of Knoppix (& Gnoppix.) Alas, too big for me. I don't want to 'click' the 'start' button and have zillions of programs to ponder (Yes I know I can reconfigure the desktop etc.)

I persevered & discovered the QUALITY Knoppix mini, DSL.
Magic.

I would like to believe that by the year 2012 (or sooner,) DSL may be a COLLOSSAL force in computing.

Who knows, maybe I could write a FANTASTIC 150-1500 word quickstart guide for it.

Best of Best Wishes clivesay, over & out for today, andrewphoto.

P.s. I will study your website tommorrow, mine's, andrewjchapman.co.uk.
Thanks to everyone for the suggested learning resources.
Good morning.
Editing .xtdesktop;

table Icon
 Type: Program
 Caption: Beaver
 Command: beaver
 Icon: .xtdesktop/beaver.png
 X: 8
 Y: 90
end

I deleted the lines X & Y, result - Icon still on desktop.
I deleted beaver.png - lost all Icons. I deleted /beaver.png - lost all Icons.
I put everything back and put the letter j (j for jesus christ, this is not easy,) before table;

jtable Icon

That worked, but not very tidy.
So I flexed some muscle and tried - table Icon(hide)
Success (& there's always more ways than one.)

The average Microsoft Windows user could not do that in a million years.
I mean, in Windows, you just right click and delete.
I am NOT saying that the Windows way is the RIGHT way, or the BEST way.
But the knowledge required to edit the .ink file, I am sure this is unnacceptable,.
We still have a long way to go and we have to get there.

Hey, please do not read me wrong, damn, I can carry an OS on a USB swiss army knife.
And when I am at work, taking photographs, wearing an NBC suit, a USB drive is lighter than a PDA, & light is stealth, and stealth is No.1 in my business.

DSL is LIGHT, and light is perhaps FAST, and fast is STEALTH, and stealth is POWER.

Note: my zeal (for want of a better word,) is enthusiasm rooted in light, rather than aggression rooted in darkness.
Please remember, you are using an ENTIRE desktop OS in 50mb of space!!

The truth is complete point and click = BLOAT. You can use a Linux OS with KDE that gives you all the windows-like features but it will be MUCH bigger than DSL. There is a price for small and fast but so far I have found the price to be that I have to learn a little....and that's not a bad thing.

It's been talked about many times but Windows has hurt the average user more that it's helped them. By making everything point and click, most have no idea how to do the simpliest of tasks. Then, when things go wrong, they have no choice but to pay people to fix these things. Computing shouldn't have to be so expensive.

You not only learned how to create/modify icons, you also learned that an ink file can not exist without a corresponding image file and was able to correct the problem. I few more braincells were filled with information!  :)

One thing that can really help is documentation of these tasks. I have started a list of screenshot howto's for DSL and hope to add many more in the future. I think if there's good documentation, people will not mind doing a little editing to see what's under the hood. I find many people are fascinated with their computer but are just afraid to try things.

Your posts are interesting, thanks for sharing. I always like reading people's first impressions of DSL.

Chris
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