issue183:mon_histoire
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- | Like many other people, I had my first experience with Linux completely by chance. It was in 2005. | + | **Like many other people, I had my first experience with Linux completely by chance. It was in 2005. |
I was in the military at the time, working on an airbase in the freight section, because I’d been detached from my usual unit for three months. | I was in the military at the time, working on an airbase in the freight section, because I’d been detached from my usual unit for three months. | ||
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Then, in front of our eyes, there were lines and lines of writing in a language that I would call “gobbledygook”, | Then, in front of our eyes, there were lines and lines of writing in a language that I would call “gobbledygook”, | ||
- | We were well and truly flabbergasted!!! | + | We were well and truly flabbergasted!!!** |
- | That simple CD could make a computer work, came with all the necessary software, and was free… It WAS almost magic! With Windows you had to buy (or pirate...) all the software you needed to do things. But, the CD came with everything and everything worked! | + | Ma première expérience de Linux s'est faite, comme pour beaucoup j' |
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+ | J’étais alors militaire et je travaillais à l' | ||
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+ | Avec quelques collègues de travail, nous parlions souvent d' | ||
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+ | Le lendemain, il nous montre un CD qu'il a en main et nous dit : « Si vous n'avez jamais vu d'OS en live, préparez-vous à être étonnés... » et il met le CD dans un ordinateur du travail, mais l' | ||
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+ | Devant nous, défilent alors des lignes d' | ||
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+ | Pour être étonnés, nous l’étions vraiment !!! | ||
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+ | **That simple CD could make a computer work, came with all the necessary software, and was free… It WAS almost magic! With Windows you had to buy (or pirate...) all the software you needed to do things. But, the CD came with everything and everything worked! | ||
I had found that experience very cool and, every time I could, I put the CD in and had fun discovering it all. But my father’s death, which occurred only a short time afterwards, put an end to my stint on the airbase, as well as to my Linux experience. And I went home, carrying with me a copy of the operating system that I had just discovered. | I had found that experience very cool and, every time I could, I put the CD in and had fun discovering it all. But my father’s death, which occurred only a short time afterwards, put an end to my stint on the airbase, as well as to my Linux experience. And I went home, carrying with me a copy of the operating system that I had just discovered. | ||
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But I admit to having forgotten Linux a bit. I went back to my laptop with XP… A year and a half later, I learned that, when they were renewed, most of the computers of the unit would be delivered with a customized version of Ubuntu 8.04, created by the computer department, instead of Windows. The administrative services weren’t too happy when they learned that, because the personnel would be forced to think about things and that’s something that can be quite difficult! Their habits and reflexes would be shaken up in front of the screen. | But I admit to having forgotten Linux a bit. I went back to my laptop with XP… A year and a half later, I learned that, when they were renewed, most of the computers of the unit would be delivered with a customized version of Ubuntu 8.04, created by the computer department, instead of Windows. The administrative services weren’t too happy when they learned that, because the personnel would be forced to think about things and that’s something that can be quite difficult! Their habits and reflexes would be shaken up in front of the screen. | ||
- | Then, suddenly, the name of Linux reminded me of something!!! | + | Then, suddenly, the name of Linux reminded me of something!!!** |
- | Because I was curious to see what this Linux, which would soon destroy our certainties, looked like, I found myself in the act of downloading Ubuntu 7.04, because it was the version that had just come out. I burned it to a CD (yes indeed, a CD – it was less than 700 Mb!) and there it was, opening on my laptop. | + | Ce simple CD pouvait faire fonctionner l' |
- | That operating system truly thrilled me. Since I wanted to test it for real, I bought a hard drive and took out the one with Windows on it so I could install Ubuntu. Finally, after several months, when I was really tired of exchanging hard drives, and also because I wanted to keep Windows for games, I decided to do a dual-boot install with my XP, in spite of a few little persisting problems (especially with the WiFi). | + | J' |
- | Unfortunately, | + | Et j’avoue avoir oublié un peu Linux, retournant sur mon portable avec XP... Un an et demi plus tard, j' |
- | I installed each of the LTS versions as they came out, one after the other, and I tested the intermediate systems with DVDs. I also tried loads of Linux distros, from Arch, through Debian, and even to ToutouLinux. | + | Puis, le nom de Linux m'a rappelé soudain quelque chose !!! |
- | Doing so, just for the fun of it, I got a bit of experience in installing operating systems, without knowing | + | **Because I was curious to see what this Linux, which would soon destroy our certainties, |
- | It was in 2009 that the first computers | + | That operating system truly thrilled me. Since I wanted to test it for real, I bought a hard drive and took out the one with Windows on it so I could install |
- | My colleagues complained bitterly about the system; they were certainly getting a bad idea of Ubuntu. Being a firm believer in Linux, I was forced to fight to convince them that the “civilian” version was much more powerful. I would use my personal computer to show them everything you could do with it and prove that they didn’t need a proprietary system that cost a fortune. And, when I heard somebody say something like “Sometimes it breaks down or no longer does what I want it to,” my favorite answer was that they might well complain about a system they’d paid for and that wasn’t working well (you know exactly what I was referring to…), but they had no right to complain about something that was totally free! My reasoning was foolproof! | + | Curieux de voir à quoi ressemblait ce Linux qui allait bientôt bousculer tous nos repères, me voilà en train de télécharger Ubuntu 7.04, car c' |
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+ | J'ai été totalement emballé par ce système d' | ||
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+ | **Unfortunately, | ||
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+ | I installed each of the LTS versions as they came out, one after the other, and I tested the intermediate systems with DVDs. I also tried loads of Linux distros, from Arch, through Debian, and even to ToutouLinux.** | ||
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+ | Malheureusement, | ||
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+ | J'ai installé tour à tour toutes les versions LTS dès leurs sorties successives, | ||
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+ | **Doing so, just for the fun of it, I got a bit of experience in installing operating systems, without knowing that, a few months later, my work would be completely upset. Of course, in a career, and, what’s more, a career in the military, changes are frequent (transfers, changing services or orientation…). I certainly didn’t think that my fun would be good for me professionally, | ||
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+ | It was in 2009 that the first computers with Ubuntu (version 8.04) arrived and were made available for everyone. There I was, working on a system which I already knew well, contrarily to my comrades… I was in for a bad disappointment, | ||
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+ | En faisant ainsi, pour m’amuser, j’ai acquis un peu d’expérience dans l’installation des OS, sans savoir que, quelques mois plus tard, mon travail serait bouleversé. Dans une carrière, militaire de surcroît, les changements sont fréquents (mutations, changements de services ou d’orientation…) Je ne pensais pas que cet amusement puisse me servir professionnellement, | ||
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+ | Nous sommes en 2009 et les premiers ordinateurs sous Ubuntu (la 8.04) arrivent, et sont ainsi à disposition de tous. Me voilà en train de travailler sur un système que je ne découvrais pas, au contraire de mes camarades… Une grande déception cependant : la version utilisée pour mon travail, retouchée par les informaticiens « maison », | ||
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+ | **My colleagues complained bitterly about the system; they were certainly getting a bad idea of Ubuntu. Being a firm believer in Linux, I was forced to fight to convince them that the “civilian” version was much more powerful. I would use my personal computer to show them everything you could do with it and prove that they didn’t need a proprietary system that cost a fortune. And, when I heard somebody say something like “Sometimes it breaks down or no longer does what I want it to,” my favorite answer was that they might well complain about a system they’d paid for and that wasn’t working well (you know exactly what I was referring to…), but they had no right to complain about something that was totally free! My reasoning was foolproof! | ||
And so, for a few years, shortly after a new official LTS version came out, we were given our “house adjusted” version. The last one I got was the 18.04, because, afterwards, my military career came to an end. | And so, for a few years, shortly after a new official LTS version came out, we were given our “house adjusted” version. The last one I got was the 18.04, because, afterwards, my military career came to an end. | ||
- | Throughout that time, I tried to give people a maximum of knowledge of that system (Ubuntu) and show that it offers everything that one expects from an OS, with everything necessary already installed, functional, easy and, especially, free. My Sony died in 2015 and I bought the next machine (that is still in use) without an operating system, so that I wouldn’t have to pay for a proprietary system that I wouldn’t use (I no longer play games on the computer…). It has Ubuntu on it and nothing in the world would make me change that… | + | Throughout that time, I tried to give people a maximum of knowledge of that system (Ubuntu) and show that it offers everything that one expects from an OS, with everything necessary already installed, functional, easy and, especially, free. My Sony died in 2015 and I bought the next machine (that is still in use) without an operating system, so that I wouldn’t have to pay for a proprietary system that I wouldn’t use (I no longer play games on the computer…). It has Ubuntu on it and nothing in the world would make me change that…** |
- | I must admit that, in spite of everything, sometimes it’s necessary to have a proprietary system, if only for the updates of things like the GPS or the systems installed in our cars. For that, I borrow the laptop with Windows 10 that my daughter got from her high school and Bob’s your uncle!! | + | Mes collègues pestaient alors contre ce système, et ils se forgeaient une très mauvaise image d’Ubuntu... Étant linuxien convaincu, je devais batailler pour les convaincre que la version « civile » était bien plus performante. J' |
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+ | C’est ainsi que, pendant quelques années, quelque temps après la sortie d’une nouvelle version LTS officielle, nous avions droit à notre version « retouchée maison ». La dernière que j’ai connue fut la 18.04, car ma carrière militaire a ensuite pris fin. | ||
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+ | Pendant tout ce temps, j’ai essayé de donner aux gens le maximum de connaissances et les convaincre que ce système (Ubuntu) fournit tout ce qu'on est en droit d' | ||
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+ | **I must admit that, in spite of everything, sometimes it’s necessary to have a proprietary system, if only for the updates of things like the GPS or the systems installed in our cars. For that, I borrow the laptop with Windows 10 that my daughter got from her high school and Bob’s your uncle!! | ||
Although, from time to time, you still have to “look under the hood”, Linux, and particularly Ubuntu, are becoming more and more reliable and powerful. I say that because, after all, one can be disoriented at times. The proof is that only Linux Mint, Zorin or MX Linux 21 can make my Brother multifunction laser color printer work, but neither Ubuntu nor Debian. After different tests, when the printer or the scanner wouldn’t work, I changed the OS. I didn’t try to dig for reasons why that machine is not correctly installed, it’s simpler (and more fun) to discover another OS and test the printer with that. | Although, from time to time, you still have to “look under the hood”, Linux, and particularly Ubuntu, are becoming more and more reliable and powerful. I say that because, after all, one can be disoriented at times. The proof is that only Linux Mint, Zorin or MX Linux 21 can make my Brother multifunction laser color printer work, but neither Ubuntu nor Debian. After different tests, when the printer or the scanner wouldn’t work, I changed the OS. I didn’t try to dig for reasons why that machine is not correctly installed, it’s simpler (and more fun) to discover another OS and test the printer with that. | ||
- | That’s why I have Mint 20.3 on my desktop machine and it suits me fine… Maybe the next version of Ubuntu will be able to handle my printer… I can’t wait to try it! | + | That’s why I have Mint 20.3 on my desktop machine and it suits me fine… Maybe the next version of Ubuntu will be able to handle my printer… I can’t wait to try it!** |
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+ | Avouons malgré tout qu’il est parfois nécessaire d’avoir un système propriétaire, | ||
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+ | Bien qu’il faille encore parfois « mettre les mains dans le cambouis », | ||
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+ | Je suis donc sur Mint 20.3 pour mon ordinateur fixe, et cela me convient très bien… Peut-être que la prochaine version d’Ubuntu saura gérer cette imprimante… A voir ! | ||
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