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- | This all started back in high school. We had a computer lab there, but we used to learn more theory rather than practical. My computer enthusiasm didn’t let me sit idly in the school lab. I made my way to a private computer training center to learn all about word processing, spreadsheets, | + | **This all started back in high school. We had a computer lab there, but we used to learn more theory rather than practical. My computer enthusiasm didn’t let me sit idly in the school lab. I made my way to a private computer training center to learn all about word processing, spreadsheets, |
I Want Genuine Software Only | I Want Genuine Software Only | ||
- | My first home computer arrived in 2007 when I had already headed to college. It was my first semester, and I was having my meal at the dormitory canteen; my father made a phone call and told me that he bought a computer for the family to use. I was not only delighted to hear that, but also rocking and rolling to have a computer at home. | + | My first home computer arrived in 2007 when I had already headed to college. It was my first semester, and I was having my meal at the dormitory canteen; my father made a phone call and told me that he bought a computer for the family to use. I was not only delighted to hear that, but also rocking and rolling to have a computer at home.** |
- | After mid-term exams, I returned home to see my first-ever personal computer. I used a laptop before but I won’t call it the first PC for various reasons. I had it for only 2 months, and due to weak hardware, it was unable to run pre-installed Windows 98. This time too, I didn’t have time to play with the new PC. My father was telling | + | Tout ceci a commencé au lycée. Il y avait un laboratoire informatique, mais nous apprenions davantage la théorie que la pratique. Ma passion pour l’informatique ne me permettait pas de rester assis sans rien faire dans le laboratoire du lycée. J’ai trouvé le chemin vers un centre privé de formation informatique et j’y ai tout appris sur le traitement de texte, les tableurs, l’édition d’images et une méthode plus ou moins secrète pour communiquer avec des gens dans des pays étrangers. Même les profs ne savaient rien sur le World Wide Web en 2003. |
- | After a while, I pulled a CD out of my collection and inserted it into the CD ROM. My father said, “it must be a new game and you ain’t gonna be a rock-solid engineer”. Well, I am still not a rock-solid one though. I could only smile that time. I turned off the computer and restarted it. I booted from the CD and voila. There was a live operating system running. | + | Je ne voulais que des logiciels authentiques. |
- | My father claimed that the operating system looked nice, but not so intuitive. He asked me how much money I wasted on this CD. I told him, it is free and open-source, | + | Le premier ordinateur chez moi est arrivé en 2007 quand j’ai déjà pris le chemin de l’université. Lors du premier semestre, alors que je mangeais à la cantine du dortoir, mon père m’a appelé pour me dire qu’il venait d’acheter un ordinateur que toute la famille pourrait utiliser. J’étais non seulement très heureux de l’entendre, |
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+ | **After mid-term exams, I returned home to see my first-ever personal computer. I used a laptop before but I won’t call it the first PC for various reasons. I had it for only 2 months, and due to weak hardware, it was unable to run pre-installed Windows 98. This time too, I didn’t have time to play with the new PC. My father was telling me the wonders of the Windows XP. I couldn’t do anything except listen and grin somewhere in my heart. My father vacated the seat and said out loud, “There you go computer champ”. | ||
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+ | After a while, I pulled a CD out of my collection and inserted it into the CD ROM. My father said, “it must be a new game and you ain’t gonna be a rock-solid engineer”. Well, I am still not a rock-solid one though. I could only smile that time. I turned off the computer and restarted it. I booted from the CD and voila. There was a live operating system running.** | ||
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+ | Après les partiels, je suis rentré à la maison pour voir mon tout premier PC. J’avais déjà utilisé un portable, mais je ne l’appellerais pas mon premier PC pour diverses raisons. Je l’ai eu pendant seulement 2 mois et, à cause de la faiblesse du matériel, il ne pouvait pas faire tourner Windows 98 qui était pré-installé dessus. Cette fois-là aussi, je n’avais pas le temps de jouer avec le nouveau PC. Mon père me décrivait les merveilles de Windows XP et je ne pouvais faire rien d’autre que de l’écouter et de sourire dans mon cœur. Mon père m’a laissé sa chaise en me disant, « Voilà pour toi, champion de l’informatique. ». | ||
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+ | Après un certain temps, j’ai pris un CD de ma collection et l’ai inséré dans le CDROM. Mon père a dit : « Ça doit être un nouveau jeu et toi, tu ne seras pas un ingénieur très solide. » Malgré tout, je n’en suis toujours pas un. Sur le moment, je ne pouvais que sourire. J’ai éteint l’ordinateur et l’ai redémarré. J’ai démarré sur le CD et voilà. Un système d’exploitation Live s’exécutait. | ||
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+ | **My father claimed that the operating system looked nice, but not so intuitive. He asked me how much money I wasted on this CD. I told him, it is free and open-source, | ||
For the First Time, Nothing Works | For the First Time, Nothing Works | ||
- | That day, everybody at home tried Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS for the first time. I did not install it as it was not the option that day. The pirated Windows won. The story did not end there. When I finished my first semester, I returned home having great ambitions. At college, I learned about dual-booting. A teacher did not teach me that. I learned how to dual-boot Linux alongside manuals, online, and books at the library. In the evening, I used to go to visit the university' | + | That day, everybody at home tried Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS for the first time. I did not install it as it was not the option that day. The pirated Windows won. The story did not end there. When I finished my first semester, I returned home having great ambitions. At college, I learned about dual-booting. A teacher did not teach me that. I learned how to dual-boot Linux alongside manuals, online, and books at the library. In the evening, I used to go to visit the university' |
- | Few distros work the same way Ubuntu has taken the Linux approach. Ubuntu Linux is an operating system for the masses. When I run a different distro and stumble upon a new problem, I find a solution on the Ubuntu forums already published instead of that distribution’s forum. Sometimes I wonder what kind of fate Linux would have if there was no Ubuntu at all. Ubuntu worked, and it nourished my career in systems and engineering. | + | Mon père a dit que l’apparence du système d’exploitation était sympa, mais que le système n’était pas si intuitif que cela. Il m’a demandé combien j’avais gaspillé sur le CD et je lui ai répondu qu’il était gratuit et Open Source et que des copains habitant ailleurs me l’avaient envoyé l’année d' |
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+ | La première fois, rien ne fonctionnait | ||
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+ | Ce jour-là, toute la famille a essayé Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS pour la première fois. Je ne l’ai pas installée, car ce n’était pas une option ce jour-là. C’est le système d’exploitation piraté, Windows, qui a gagné. L’histoire ne s’est pas terminée là. Après le premier semestre, je suis rentré à la maison avec de grandes ambitions. À la fac, j’avais appris des choses sur le double amorçage avec Linux. Ce n’était pas un professeur qui me les avait apprises, mais des manuels, des sources en ligne et des livres à la bibliothèque. Le soir, je me rendais à la bibliothèque numérique de l’université, | ||
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+ | **Few distros work the same way Ubuntu has taken the Linux approach. Ubuntu Linux is an operating system for the masses. When I run a different distro and stumble upon a new problem, I find a solution on the Ubuntu forums already published instead of that distribution’s forum. Sometimes I wonder what kind of fate Linux would have if there was no Ubuntu at all. Ubuntu worked, and it nourished my career in systems and engineering. | ||
How did I get the CD? | How did I get the CD? | ||
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That’s something I should have told you earlier, shouldn’t I? In 2003, my course at the private computer training center did not include web and email or even programming. As the use of the Internet was tied to charges, I had to collect my pocket money for four days to buy one hour of the Internet. It used to cost me about $0.30 USD an hour. This opened a new world for me. I began to chat over IRC networks, and click on advertisements to fill out dozens of forms for free stuff. This continued for many years to come. I don’t remember when I reached the Ubuntu website and ordered my CD in 2006. It arrived in late 2006 as far as I can recall. It was a brown envelope, stamped from abroad, but redistributed by a local agency. | That’s something I should have told you earlier, shouldn’t I? In 2003, my course at the private computer training center did not include web and email or even programming. As the use of the Internet was tied to charges, I had to collect my pocket money for four days to buy one hour of the Internet. It used to cost me about $0.30 USD an hour. This opened a new world for me. I began to chat over IRC networks, and click on advertisements to fill out dozens of forms for free stuff. This continued for many years to come. I don’t remember when I reached the Ubuntu website and ordered my CD in 2006. It arrived in late 2006 as far as I can recall. It was a brown envelope, stamped from abroad, but redistributed by a local agency. | ||
- | I tried to find a computer to run Ubuntu, but I got no opportunity. My college exams were closer at the time, so no friend wanted to get along on a new adventure that could destroy their running Windows PC. The private computer training center had closed already. I could only keep the CD in my collection, but I was sure of one thing. This disk had genuine software, and I wanted genuine software only to run on my computer because $1 USD Windows OS CDs never looked genuine to me, even if they had keys included. | + | I tried to find a computer to run Ubuntu, but I got no opportunity. My college exams were closer at the time, so no friend wanted to get along on a new adventure that could destroy their running Windows PC. The private computer training center had closed already. I could only keep the CD in my collection, but I was sure of one thing. This disk had genuine software, and I wanted genuine software only to run on my computer because $1 USD Windows OS CDs never looked genuine to me, even if they had keys included.** |
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+ | Peu de distros fonctionnent de la même façon qu’Ubuntu et son approche de Linux. Ubuntu Linux est un système d’exploitation pour les masses. Quand j’exécute une distro différente et rencontre un nouveau problème, je trouve une solution déjà publiée sur les forums d’Ubuntu à la place du forum de cette distribution précise. Parfois, je me demande quel serait le destin de Linux si Ubuntu n’existait pas. Ubuntu fonctionnait et a nourri ma carrière dans l’ingénierie informatique. | ||
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+ | Comment ai-je pu obtenir le CD ? | ||
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+ | Il y a quelque chose que j’aurais dû vous dire plutôt, non ? En 2003, le cours au centre de formation informatique privé ne comprenait pas le Web, les courriels ou même la programmation. Puisque l’utilisation de l’Internet était payante, je devais économiser mon argent de poche pendant quatre jours pour pouvoir acheter une heure sur le Net. Cela me coûtait environ 0,30 $ US de l’heure. Et cela m’a ouvert un tout nouveau monde. J’ai commencé à chatter sur des réseaux IRC et je cliquais sur des publicités pour remplir des douzaines de formulaires pour obtenir des trucs gratuits. Cela a duré pendant des années. Je ne me souviens pas de quand je suis arrivé sur le site Web d’Ubuntu et que j'ai commandé mon CD en 2006. Pour autant que je m’en souvienne, il est arrivé vers la fin de 2006 dans une enveloppe brune, timbrée à l’étranger, | ||
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+ | J’ai essayé de trouver un ordinateur sur lequel exécuter Ubuntu, mais en vain. Les examens de la fac approchaient à l’époque et aucun copain ne voulait donc commencer une nouvelle aventure qui pouvait détruire leur PC sous Windows. Le centre de formation informatique privé était déjà fermé. Je ne pouvais que garder le CD dans ma collection, mais j’étais sûr d’une chose. Ce disque fournissait des logiciels authentiques et je ne voulais que des logiciels authentiques sur mon ordinateur, parce que des CD de Windows OS à 1 $ US ne me semblaient jamais authentiques, | ||
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