Linux Is Not That Hard
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So I reading another forum and it was a guy trying to.... Well honestly I never figured out what he was doing. But it was something involving storage on Linux, at least partially. But he couldn't even ask for help because he didn't understand what he was trying to do and was misusing terms in confusing ways ... It was bad.
His excuse was "well what do you expect, I don't know Linux." He, that's fine. Everyone needs to be a newbie first, right?
But really, that is just a lame excuse. Looking at his issues - every technology term he didn't understand or misused, all of his confusion.... Was with Windows terms and technology. NTFS, drive mapping, mounting devices, shares, SMB, HyperV. I'm not really sure why Linux was even involved.
But I feel that this is often why Linux gets a bad rap. He blames Linux when he doesn't understand the basics even on Windows.
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I see the sentiment a lot. The more people are confused, the more that they try to blame.
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He thinks it makes him look smarter if he has a problem with Linux, because Linux is "hard". Windows is generally accepted as "easy".
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@StrongBad said:
on't know Linux." He, that's fine. Everyone needs to be a newbie first, right?
Knowing the basics is what a lot of people don't know. Linux also draws a lot of people rightly or wrongly because it's "free". I will refer to them as Urban Hipsters, because they want to be ironic and buck the system becuase that's the hip thing to do in IT right?
They are using it for all the wrong reasons and refusing to learn how to apply the right technology for the right situations. They also refuse to RTFM (Read The Fabulous Manual) and then try to ask questions.
Earlier this morning I saw a guy on another forum misuse RAID in an example they were talking about. Another guy bungling basics about volumes vs. vmdk's.
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After learning Windows Powershell, I understand Linux 25 times better than I did before. I am a Windows guy, but I have enjoyed tinkering with Linux recently.
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@Dominica said:
He thinks it makes him look smarter if he has a problem with Linux, because Linux is "hard". Windows is generally accepted as "easy".
I think in general techs can get frightened with they dont see a GUI.
