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-In 1999, I was working as a technician, maintaining laboratory equipment. One day, a colleague, who had been working with me for a few months, knocked on my door and asked me if he could tell me something. I said that he could, and he then told me a story about free software that was available to all who wanted it. He told me that this software was known as Linux and he gave me details of what he had learned about the command-line.
+**In 1999, I was working as a technician, maintaining laboratory equipment. One day, a colleague, who had been working with me for a few months, knocked on my door and asked me if he could tell me something. I said that he could, and he then told me a story about free software that was available to all who wanted it. He told me that this software was known as Linux and he gave me details of what he had learned about the command-line.
-Time went by, and I wondered about this free software. I also wondered about how I could get it for myself. In those days, I was using Windows 95, running on an old Pentium that had been handed down to me by the IT people. It was much better than my old 486 that had been running Windows 3.1, but I was still looking for something that would not be so expensive. I was making use of some open source software, but, after hearing what my colleague had to say, I wanted something that would cost little-to-nothing. I had tried out "Star Office" at home and, when it became "Open Office," I downloaded and installed it on my Windows 95 system.
+Time went by, and I wondered about this free software. I also wondered about how I could get it for myself. In those days, I was using Windows 95, running on an old Pentium that had been handed down to me by the IT people. It was much better than my old 486 that had been running Windows 3.1, but I was still looking for something that would not be so expensive. I was making use of some open source software, but, after hearing what my colleague had to say, I wanted something that would cost little-to-nothing. I had tried out "Star Office" at home and, when it became "Open Office," I downloaded and installed it on my Windows 95 system.**
-One day, my colleague came to me with a CD in hand. He said that it was a copy of "Red Hat", and I could borrow it if I wanted to and he would lend me the book that came with it. I think it was an idiot's guide to Red Hat, or something in that vein.
-I took the CD home to install Red Hat on my home computer. After putting the CD into the drive, I floundered around trying to find an install file. I did not realise that I had to boot the CD to get the installation going. Eventually, with the help of my youngest son, I got Red Hat installed alongside Windows XP. I tried some of the programs, but I didn't really know what I was doing. Eventually, I stopped using Red Hat and reluctantly went back to using Windows XP.
+En 1999, je travaillais comme technicien, maintenant l’équipement de laboratoire. Un jour un collègue, qui travaillait avec moi depuis quelques mois, a frappé à ma porte et m’a demandé s’il pouvait me dire quelque chose. J’ai dit oui et il m’a raconté une histoire sur des logiciels gratuits disponibles à tous les gens qui les voulaient. Il m’a dit que ce genre de logiciel était connu sous le nom de Linux et m’a donné quelques détails sur ce qu’il avait appris de la ligne de commande.
-As time passed, my colleague taught me more about Linux and how to get it going. He told me about "Debian," explaining that he preferred it to Red Hat, but was not able to get hold of a copy for himself. These were the days when our home internet was connected through telephone lines, and modems communicated at 56 kilobits/sec. None of us had cell phones then.
+Du temps a passé et je me posais des questions sur ces logiciels gratuits. Je me demandais également comment les obtenir. À cette époque, j’utilisais Windows 95 sur un vieux Pentium qui m’avait été offert par les gens de l’IT. C’était nettement meilleur que mon vieux 486 sous Windows 3.1, mais je cherchais toujours quelque chose qui ne coûterait pas aussi cher. J’utilisais quelques logiciels Open Source, mais, après avoir écouté mon collègue, je voulais quelque chose qui ne coûterait rien, ou presque. J’avais essayé « Star Office » à la maison et, quand c’est devenu « Open Office », je l’ai téléchargé et installé sur mon système sous Windows 95.
-In the meantime, I was becoming more familiar with Linux through Googling my queries. Although it had taken some time, I learned that I could "Google the problem" as someone so aptly put it. I also found out that I was able to download Linux from a server provided by the IT people. There was someone who had an interest in Linux and had set up a server with different distributions of Linux available for download.
+**One day, my colleague came to me with a CD in hand. He said that it was a copy of "Red Hat", and I could borrow it if I wanted to and he would lend me the book that came with it. I think it was an idiot's guide to Red Hat, or something in that vein.
-Remembering what my colleague had said, I downloaded Debian, made up a CD and installed it on my home computer alongside XP. Once again, I looked at the programs that were available and, once again, stopped using it because I was not sure of what I was doing.
+I took the CD home to install Red Hat on my home computer. After putting the CD into the drive, I floundered around trying to find an install file. I did not realise that I had to boot the CD to get the installation going. Eventually, with the help of my youngest son, I got Red Hat installed alongside Windows XP. I tried some of the programs, but I didn't really know what I was doing. Eventually, I stopped using Red Hat and reluctantly went back to using Windows XP.**
-Then came 2004. I was working for a different company, I was still in touch with my colleague who was now part of the IT staff, and my youngest son was working for a company a few kilometres from where I was based. Mark Shuttleworth had released "Ubuntu" and I was able to get a copy of the CD which came to me by post. I should have said ‘CDs’. There were two CDs, an "ubuntu live cd" and an "ubuntu install cd." I tried out the live CD on my computer at work and, apart from a small graphics problem, got a reasonable response from Ubuntu. What made me interested in Ubuntu was that it was based on Debian. I had been interested in Debian since that day my colleague had mentioned it to me.
+Un jour, le collègue est venu me voir avec un CD à la main. Il m’a dit que c’était un exemplaire de « Red Hat », que je pouvais l’emprunter si je le voulais et qu’il me prêterait le livre qui venait avec. Je pense que c’était du genre « guide de Red Hat pour les idiots ».
-At home, Ubuntu worked well and I was becoming hooked. Then something happened that was to change my outlook on the computing scene in general. At work, I was a Windows XP user with Vista starting to appear on some of my colleagues’ machines. At home, I was using a pirated version of XP. I was not happy with this setup and was considering changing over to Ubuntu only. Then, one morning, I booted XP and, without my permission, it started doing a disk check. This was on my precious, all-of-eight-gig, hard drive. I was furious and stopped the disk check. I found that many of my files had been turned into something quite unrecognisable by Windows, but Ubuntu could see what they were and I was able to recover the important files. At that point, without investigating any further, I decided Windows must go and Linux, in the form of Ubuntu, was here to stay.
+J’ai rapporté le CD chez moi pour pouvoir installer Red Hat sur l’ordinateur de la maison. Après avoir mis le CD dans le lecteur, j’ai essayé de trouver un fichier d’installation dessus, mais sans succès, car je ne comprenais pas qu’il fallait démarrer sur le CD pour commencer l’installation. Finalement, avec l’aide de mon fils cadet, Red Hat a été installé à côté de Windows XP. J’ai essayé certains des programmes, mais je ne savais vraiment pas ce que je faisais. Finalement, j’ai arrêté avec Red Hat et suis retourné à contrecœur sous Windows XP.
-I could say that that was where all my problems started. My familiarity with Windows had kept me using Windows-based software which was not available in Linux. I decided to stick it out. For a couple of years I did not make much progress with my home computer but I was learning more about Linux at work. I was allowed to have Windows and Ubuntu installed on my work machine, and my colleague helped me set up the email client. When I wanted to install software on my Ubuntu partition, my youngest son set up my machine, from his office, to allow me to use "Synaptic." By that time, he was an Ubuntu user and was known at work as “Linux Boy.”
+**As time passed, my colleague taught me more about Linux and how to get it going. He told me about "Debian," explaining that he preferred it to Red Hat, but was not able to get hold of a copy for himself. These were the days when our home internet was connected through telephone lines, and modems communicated at 56 kilobits/sec. None of us had cell phones then.
-Being allowed to use Ubuntu on my work machine made a huge difference to me learning Linux. I was able to spend time finding out about partitioning drives, installing software, and installing new versions of Ubuntu. I went through many of the versions from "Warty Warthog" to "Bionic Beaver." There were times when I was frustrated and despondent but, most times I learned much and thoroughly enjoyed the Ubuntu experience. I even managed to get three friends going with one or other versions of Linux to replace Windows on their home machines. I eventually retired from work with Bionic Beaver installed on my home machine.
+In the meantime, I was becoming more familiar with Linux through Googling my queries. Although it had taken some time, I learned that I could "Google the problem" as someone so aptly put it. I also found out that I was able to download Linux from a server provided by the IT people. There was someone who had an interest in Linux and had set up a server with different distributions of Linux available for download.**
-From time to time, in my working days, I would have a look over Debian. I was thinking of my colleague's words, and I really wanted to become a Debian user. About seven months ago, I took the plunge and installed Debian on my home machine. Remembering my experiences with Ubuntu, I set up the software that I wanted to use. There are times when I run into the odd permissions problem, but, all in all, Debian does it for me. Of all the programs that I use, two were written to run under Windows. I now run them under "WINE." It has taken me just over two decades to reach the point where I can use Debian with confidence. Those years, apart from minor frustration, were marked with much learning. I also realise that there is still much more to learn. Using Debian has opened a huge door for me despite the fact that I decided to permanently close Windows.
+Au fil du temps, mon collègue m’en a appris davantage sur Linux et sur comment le lancer. Il m’a parlé de « Debian », en m’expliquant qu’il le préférait à Red Hat, mais qu’il n’a pas pu en récupérer un exemplaire. C’était à l’époque où l’Internet à la maison se connectait via les lignes téléphoniques avec un modem à 56 ko/s. Personne n’avait alors de téléphone cellulaire.
+Entre-temps, je commençais à mieux connaître Linux en posant mes questions sur Google. Bien que cela m’ait pris du temps, j’ai compris que je pouvais « Googler le problème » comme quelqu’un l’a si bien dit. J’ai également découvert que je pouvais télécharger Linux à partir d’un serveur fourni par les gens de l’IT. Quelqu’un qui s’était intéressé à Linux avait configuré un serveur sur lequel différentes distributions de Linux étaient disponibles au téléchargement.
+**Remembering what my colleague had said, I downloaded Debian, made up a CD and installed it on my home computer alongside XP. Once again, I looked at the programs that were available and, once again, stopped using it because I was not sure of what I was doing.
+Then came 2004. I was working for a different company, I was still in touch with my colleague who was now part of the IT staff, and my youngest son was working for a company a few kilometres from where I was based. Mark Shuttleworth had released "Ubuntu" and I was able to get a copy of the CD which came to me by post. I should have said ‘CDs’. There were two CDs, an "ubuntu live cd" and an "ubuntu install cd." I tried out the live CD on my computer at work and, apart from a small graphics problem, got a reasonable response from Ubuntu. What made me interested in Ubuntu was that it was based on Debian. I had been interested in Debian since that day my colleague had mentioned it to me.**
+Me souvenant de ce que m’avait dit mon collègue, j’ai téléchargé Debian, l’ai gravé sur un CD et l’ai installé sur l’ordinateur à la maison à côté de XP. À nouveau, j’ai examiné les programmes disponibles et, à nouveau, j’ai arrêté de l’utiliser parce que je n’étais pas sûr de savoir ce que je faisais.
+Puis 2004 est arrivé. Je travaillais dans une autre société, mais gardais le contact avec mon collègue qui était alors membre du personnel IT ; mon fils cadet travaillait dans une entreprise qui n’était qu'à quelques kilomètres de là où j’étais basé. Mark Shuttleworth avait publié « Ubuntu » et j’ai pu en récupérer un exemplaire sur CD par la poste. J’aurais dû dire CD au pluriel, car il y en avait deux : un « CD live Ubuntu » et un « CD install Ubuntu ». J’ai essayé le CD live sur mon ordinateur au bureau et, à part un petit problème de graphismes, j’ai eu une réponse convenable d’Ubuntu. Ce qui m’intéressait chez Ubuntu, c’était le fait qu’il soit basé sur Debian, qui m’intéressait depuis le jour où mon collègue m’en avait parlé.
+**At home, Ubuntu worked well and I was becoming hooked. Then something happened that was to change my outlook on the computing scene in general. At work, I was a Windows XP user with Vista starting to appear on some of my colleagues’ machines. At home, I was using a pirated version of XP. I was not happy with this setup and was considering changing over to Ubuntu only. Then, one morning, I booted XP and, without my permission, it started doing a disk check. This was on my precious, all-of-eight-gig, hard drive. I was furious and stopped the disk check. I found that many of my files had been turned into something quite unrecognisable by Windows, but Ubuntu could see what they were and I was able to recover the important files. At that point, without investigating any further, I decided Windows must go and Linux, in the form of Ubuntu, was here to stay.
+I could say that that was where all my problems started. My familiarity with Windows had kept me using Windows-based software which was not available in Linux. I decided to stick it out. For a couple of years I did not make much progress with my home computer but I was learning more about Linux at work. I was allowed to have Windows and Ubuntu installed on my work machine, and my colleague helped me set up the email client. When I wanted to install software on my Ubuntu partition, my youngest son set up my machine, from his office, to allow me to use "Synaptic." By that time, he was an Ubuntu user and was known at work as “Linux Boy.”**
+Ubuntu fonctionnait bien chez moi et je devenais accro. Puis quelque chose qui allait changer mon regard sur l’informatique en général est arrivé. Au travail, j’utilisais Windows XP et Vista commençait à s’afficher sur certaines machines des collègues. À la maison, j’utilisais une version piratée d’XP. Puisque tout cela ne me plaisait pas, j’envisageais de basculer vers Ubuntu seul. Puis, un matin, j’ai démarré XP et, sans mon accord, il a commençé à vérifier le disque. C’était mon précieux disque dur de 8 Go – waouh. Furieux, j’ai arrêté la vérification du disque. J’ai alors trouvé que beaucoup de mes fichiers ont été transformés en quelque chose que Windows ne connaissait pas, mais que Ubuntu reconnaissait ; aussi, j'ai pu récupérer des fichiers importants. À ce moment-là, sans étudier d’autres possibilités plus en avant, j’ai décidé de supprimer Windows et de garder à tout jamais Linux, sous la forme d’Ubuntu.
+Je pourrais dire que c’est là que tous mes problèmes ont démarré. Ma connaissance de Windows m’avait fait utiliser des logiciels Windows qui n’étaient pas disponibles sous Linux. J’ai décidé de persister néanmoins. Pendant deux ans, je n’ai pas beaucoup progressé sur l’ordinateur chez moi, mais j’apprenais davantage sur Linux au travail. On m’a permis d’avoir et Windows et Ubuntu installé sur ma machine au boulot et mon collègue m’a aidé à paramétrer un client mail. Quand j'ai voulu installer des logiciels sur la partition Ubuntu, mon fils a configuré ma machine à distance, de son bureau, pour y mettre « Synaptic ». À ce moment-là, il utilisait Ubuntu et été connu à son travail comme « Linux Boy ».
+**Being allowed to use Ubuntu on my work machine made a huge difference to me learning Linux. I was able to spend time finding out about partitioning drives, installing software, and installing new versions of Ubuntu. I went through many of the versions from "Warty Warthog" to "Bionic Beaver." There were times when I was frustrated and despondent but, most times I learned much and thoroughly enjoyed the Ubuntu experience. I even managed to get three friends going with one or other versions of Linux to replace Windows on their home machines. I eventually retired from work with Bionic Beaver installed on my home machine.
+From time to time, in my working days, I would have a look over Debian. I was thinking of my colleague's words, and I really wanted to become a Debian user. About seven months ago, I took the plunge and installed Debian on my home machine. Remembering my experiences with Ubuntu, I set up the software that I wanted to use. There are times when I run into the odd permissions problem, but, all in all, Debian does it for me. Of all the programs that I use, two were written to run under Windows. I now run them under "WINE." It has taken me just over two decades to reach the point where I can use Debian with confidence. Those years, apart from minor frustration, were marked with much learning. I also realise that there is still much more to learn. Using Debian has opened a huge door for me despite the fact that I decided to permanently close Windows. **
+Pouvoir utiliser Ubuntu sur l’ordinateur au bureau a fait une énorme différence dans mon apprentissage de Linux. J’ai pu passer du temps à découvrir des choses sur le partitionnement de disques, l’installation de logiciels et l’installation de nouvelles versions d’Ubuntu. J’ai utilisé beaucoup de ses versions, de « Warty Warthog » à « Bionic Beaver. » Il y avait des moments où j’étais frustré et découragé, mais, la plupart du temps, j’en ai beaucoup appris et l’expérience d’Ubuntu me plaisait énormément. J’ai même pu convaincre trois amis de mettre une version de Linux à la place de Windows sur l’ordinateur chez eux. Enfin, j’ai pris ma retraite au moment où Bionic Beaver était installé sur la machine à la maison.
+De temps en temps, pendant que je travaillais encore, je regardais Debian. Je pensais à ce que mon collègue avait dit et je voulais vraiment devenir utilisateur de Debian. Il y a environ sept mois, je me suis lancé et j’ai installé Debian sur l’ordinateur chez moi. Me rappelant mes expériences avec Ubuntu, j’ai configuré les logiciels que je voulais utiliser. Parfois, je rencontre des petits problèmes de permission, mais, globalement, Debian me convient parfaitement. De tous les programmes que j’utilise, deux étaient écrits pour Windows et je les fais tourner maintenant sous « WINE ». Il m’a fallu un peu plus de deux décennies pour arriver au point où je peux utiliser Debian avec confiance. Pendant ces années-là, outre des frustrations mineures, j’ai appris énormément de choses. Et je me rends compte aussi qu’il reste beaucoup de choses à apprendre. L’utilisation de Debian m’a ouvert une porte gigantesque, malgré le fait que j’aie décidé de fermer Windows pour toujours.