On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 08:48:18 +0000 "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amaca...@einval.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm at a chat in Debcamp about the experience for new Linux users and > people new to Debian. It can be intimidating to use Debian and also > to front up and ask questions. > Indeed, I had a go with a Debian and gave up. At a later time, I found it was probably potato, and the only thing I remember was an entire screenful of possible mouse configurations, none of which worked. I eventually found that the mouse device wasn't named correctly on the page, and got it working. But I moved on to, I think, Mandrake, and stayed with it for a while. OK, things are a lot easier now, for many reasons, but it is still a strange world when all you know is Windows, and then only from a user's viewpoint. I had a bit of help in that my main client was moving from an AS/400 to NT4, and I was learning it, so I wasn't afraid of the command line. > To make it REALLY clear - anybody and everybody is welcome here: if > they need us to answer questions that should be fine. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_such_thing_as_a_stupid_question -- Joe
