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I was the typist.** | I was the typist.** | ||
- | À mon lycée, il y avait un Club informatique qui participait à l' | + | À mon lycée, il y avait un club informatique qui participait à l' |
- | Le Jour J, des équipes d'ados intellos s' | + | Le Jour J, des équipes d'ados intellos s' |
- | Généralement, | + | Généralement, |
Moi. | Moi. | ||
- | Oui, vous avez bien lu, il était évident que j' | + | Oui, vous avez bien lu, il était évident que j' |
J' | J' | ||
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I don’t tell you this story to bore you. Although if it did, hey, Mission Accomplished! No, I bring it up to illustrate a pattern that has been with me since grade school and informs my experience with Linux.** | I don’t tell you this story to bore you. Although if it did, hey, Mission Accomplished! No, I bring it up to illustrate a pattern that has been with me since grade school and informs my experience with Linux.** | ||
- | Quelqu' | + | Quelqu' |
- | Par ailleurs, côté intellectuel, | + | Par ailleurs, côté intellectuel, |
- | Je ne vous ai pas raconté cette histoire pour vous ennuyer. Bien que, si ce soit le cas, alors Mission accomplie ! Non, je l' | + | Je ne vous ai pas raconté cette histoire pour vous ennuyer. Bien que, si c' |
**See, I have always enjoyed the trappings of tech-geekery without the underlying comprehension. | **See, I have always enjoyed the trappings of tech-geekery without the underlying comprehension. | ||
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I’d like you to think of me, not as the fashion-challenged “before” image in a weight-loss advertisement, | I’d like you to think of me, not as the fashion-challenged “before” image in a weight-loss advertisement, | ||
- | Vous voyez, j'ai toujours pu bénéficier des signes extérieurs de la geekerie technologique sans comprendre ce qui la sous-tende. Je sais, je sais, je suis le pire cauchemar de tout enthousiaste. Je suis le mec qui, sans réfléchir, | + | Vous voyez, j'ai toujours pu bénéficier des signes extérieurs de la geekerie technologique sans comprendre ce qui la sous-tend. Je sais, je sais, je suis le pire cauchemar de tout enthousiaste. Je suis le mec qui, sans réfléchir, |
- | Mais, tout comme je jouais un rôle crucial dans l' | + | Mais, tout comme je jouais un rôle crucial dans l' |
- | J' | + | J' |
**Let me explain. | **Let me explain. | ||
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No, the real genius of OS/2 Warp was that it treated operating systems the way Atari treats dragons. When Atari released Adventure for the Atari 2600, they had this graphic on the box:** | No, the real genius of OS/2 Warp was that it treated operating systems the way Atari treats dragons. When Atari released Adventure for the Atari 2600, they had this graphic on the box:** | ||
+ | Permettez-moi d' | ||
+ | Le premier système d' | ||
- | But when you popped that baby into the cartridge slot, this is how the dragon rendered: | + | OS/2 Warp était très avancé pour l' |
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+ | Non, le vrai génie de OS/2 Warp c' | ||
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+ | **But when you popped that baby into the cartridge slot, this is how the dragon rendered: | ||
In marketing, you sell the sizzle, not the steak. Atari did it with Adventure and IBM did with OS/2 Warp. | In marketing, you sell the sizzle, not the steak. Atari did it with Adventure and IBM did with OS/2 Warp. | ||
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So I tried OS/2 Warp on a laptop and promptly borked the damn thing so badly I actually had to RMA the machine. I also returned the OS/2 Warp package and promptly invested the proceeds in AOL. | So I tried OS/2 Warp on a laptop and promptly borked the damn thing so badly I actually had to RMA the machine. I also returned the OS/2 Warp package and promptly invested the proceeds in AOL. | ||
- | And that should have been the end of it. | + | And that should have been the end of it.** |
- | But then, about twelve years ago, I started reading about Linux and the wonders of open source (seriously, no one has ever noted how much that sounds like “open sores?”). There was something familiar about the breathy promises and cult-like devotion, something I couldn’t quite place. Whatever, I bought a copy of Xandros on eBay and loaded it. Yeah, I bought it. Erm, let’s just say I hadn’t read all of the open source manifestos that carefully. | + | Mais quand vous avez inséré la cassette dans la fente, le dragon s' |
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+ | Dans le commerce, vous vendez le grésillement, | ||
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+ | OS/2 promettait : | ||
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+ | * DES DÉMARRAGES D'UNE VITESSE FOLLE ! | ||
+ | * LA FOLIE DES TÂCHES MULTIPLES ! | ||
+ | * UN RÉSEAU ENTRE FOUS ! | ||
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+ | Avec de telles promesses d'un système d' | ||
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+ | J'ai donc essayé OS/2 Warp sur un portable et j'ai tout de suite cassé le satané machin à tel point que j'ai dû demander l' | ||
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+ | Et les choses auraient dû en rester là. | ||
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+ | **But then, about twelve years ago, I started reading about Linux and the wonders of open source (seriously, no one has ever noted how much that sounds like “open sores?”). There was something familiar about the breathy promises and cult-like devotion, something I couldn’t quite place. Whatever, I bought a copy of Xandros on eBay and loaded it. Yeah, I bought it. Erm, let’s just say I hadn’t read all of the open source manifestos that carefully. | ||
Much like my last date with my first girlfriend, things started well enough. And then my mouse started acting hinky (a technical term referring to an inanimate object that becomes possessed by the ghost of a paint mixer). I got dizzy chasing my cursor around the screen, trying desperately to guess where I should click on one side of the screen in order to select something on the other side. I would have tried to fix the problem but there’s only so much effort I’m willing to put into this sort of thing. So, after about eight minutes, my experiment in alternate operating systems was over. Again. | Much like my last date with my first girlfriend, things started well enough. And then my mouse started acting hinky (a technical term referring to an inanimate object that becomes possessed by the ghost of a paint mixer). I got dizzy chasing my cursor around the screen, trying desperately to guess where I should click on one side of the screen in order to select something on the other side. I would have tried to fix the problem but there’s only so much effort I’m willing to put into this sort of thing. So, after about eight minutes, my experiment in alternate operating systems was over. Again. | ||
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I demanded my money back from XandrosBoob98 and promptly invested it in Enron. | I demanded my money back from XandrosBoob98 and promptly invested it in Enron. | ||
- | And that should have been the end of it. | + | And that should have been the end of it.** |
- | But I could still hear the siren call and, over the next few years, I started playing with other Linux flavors. I became an open source slut, willing to have a go with any flirty distro that made eyes at me. I invited them all over to make out on the couch: Suse, Debian, Red Hat, Mint, Damn Small, and even a totally nasty one called #! that wanted to do stuff I had never even heard of. | + | Mais alors, il y a environ douze ans, j'ai commencé à lire des trucs sur Linux et les merveilles de l'Open Source (sérieusement, |
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+ | Tout comme le dernier rendez-vous avec ma première copine, les choses ont bien débuté. Et puis la souris a commencé à dérailler (à la manière d'un objet inanimé possédé par le fantôme d'un malaxeur de peinture). J' | ||
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+ | J'ai demandé à être remboursé de XandrosNul98 et j'ai rapidement investi l' | ||
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+ | Et les choses auraient dû en rester là. | ||
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+ | **But I could still hear the siren call and, over the next few years, I started playing with other Linux flavors. I became an open source slut, willing to have a go with any flirty distro that made eyes at me. I invited them all over to make out on the couch: Suse, Debian, Red Hat, Mint, Damn Small, and even a totally nasty one called #! that wanted to do stuff I had never even heard of. | ||
Each one had its own quirks, its own way of not working, and I remained unwilling to make a lasting commitment to any of them. I uninstalled each before they started leaving their stuff overnight and cluttering up my home (folder). | Each one had its own quirks, its own way of not working, and I remained unwilling to make a lasting commitment to any of them. I uninstalled each before they started leaving their stuff overnight and cluttering up my home (folder). | ||
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That’s when I discovered Ubuntu. | That’s when I discovered Ubuntu. | ||
- | At first, the breathiness turned me off. This distro would change things forever! It could be loaded on a toaster, ran on air and made you irresistible to the opposite sex. | + | At first, the breathiness turned me off. This distro would change things forever! It could be loaded on a toaster, ran on air and made you irresistible to the opposite sex.** |
- | It was the sizzle again, and I was wary of buying the steak. But I had hit rock bottom and the next step was to sit around waiting for Hurd. I just couldn’t do it. | + | Mais j' |
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+ | Chacune avait ses propres bizarreries, | ||
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+ | Je me suis enfin rendu compte que j' | ||
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+ | C'est alors que j'ai découvert Ubuntu. | ||
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+ | Au début, les promesses alléchantes me rebutaient. Cette distrib. changerait les choses à tout jamais ! On pouvait la charger sur un grille-pain, | ||
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+ | **It was the sizzle again, and I was wary of buying the steak. But I had hit rock bottom and the next step was to sit around waiting for Hurd. I just couldn’t do it. | ||
I downloaded the Ubuntu .iso and ran it as a LiveCD. And the most amazing thing happened. It just worked! | I downloaded the Ubuntu .iso and ran it as a LiveCD. And the most amazing thing happened. It just worked! | ||
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It. Just. Worked! | It. Just. Worked! | ||
- | It was the equivalent of popping in the Adventure cartridge and having my eyebrows singed off by the dragon’s fiery breath! | + | It was the equivalent of popping in the Adventure cartridge and having my eyebrows singed off by the dragon’s fiery breath!** |
- | This is how I know Linux has arrived. If a guy like me, who wants all the flash of a pretty new operating system but can’t be bothered to learn what ‘ls’ at the prompt does, can find happiness, then so will most people, most of whom aren’t nearly as criminally lazy as I am. | + | Il s' |
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+ | J'ai téléchargé l' | ||
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+ | Je ne veut pas dire que ma souris fonctionnait mais qu'il refusait d' | ||
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+ | Il. Fonctionnait. Tout simplement ! | ||
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+ | C' | ||
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+ | **This is how I know Linux has arrived. If a guy like me, who wants all the flash of a pretty new operating system but can’t be bothered to learn what ‘ls’ at the prompt does, can find happiness, then so will most people, most of whom aren’t nearly as criminally lazy as I am. | ||
Fast forward to today. I’ve finally settled down with Ubuntu and we’ve had several laptops and one desktop together. It’s a happy home and I love my life partner even though the state of Virginia doesn’t see our union as legal. | Fast forward to today. I’ve finally settled down with Ubuntu and we’ve had several laptops and one desktop together. It’s a happy home and I love my life partner even though the state of Virginia doesn’t see our union as legal. | ||
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Think of me as the jerk down the road with a brand new Ferarri who doesn’t even know how to drive a stick shift. It’s time to look under the hood. | Think of me as the jerk down the road with a brand new Ferarri who doesn’t even know how to drive a stick shift. It’s time to look under the hood. | ||
- | Am I alone? Anyone else out there know how to summon the command line but fear its voodoo? Or maybe you get tired of answering the same questions over and over for new users. If so, contact me at copil.yanez@gmail.com. I’ll try to answer simple questions or point out helpful beginner advice from the perspective of someone who loves Linux and Ubuntu but doesn’t speak source code. | + | Am I alone? Anyone else out there know how to summon the command line but fear its voodoo? Or maybe you get tired of answering the same questions over and over for new users. If so, contact me at copil.yanez@gmail.com. I’ll try to answer simple questions or point out helpful beginner advice from the perspective of someone who loves Linux and Ubuntu but doesn’t speak source code.** |
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+ | C'est comme ça que je sais que l'ère de Linux était arrivée. Si un mec comme moi, qui veut toute la luminosité d'un joli nouveau système d' | ||
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+ | Avance rapide jusqu' | ||
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+ | Et maintenant, je pense, le moment est venu de redonner à la communauté. Je le dois à Ubuntu après tout ce qu'il m'a donné. | ||
+ | Voici ce que je prévois : je vais assimiler des trucs, apprendre pourquoi certains ne jurent que par la ligne de commande, examiner quelques-unes des options et outils disponibles, | ||
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+ | Considérez-moi comme l' | ||
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+ | Suis-je seul ? Y en a-t-il d' | ||
issue63/newguy.1347549119.txt.gz · Dernière modification : 2012/09/13 17:11 de auntiee