DaQueenBeez
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 6:45:28 PM
...for EVERYONE.

Unless you use an abacus or something...computer repair.jpg

gae9jang2j
Thursday, March 21, 2013 10:58:55 AM
lol
z6joker9
Thursday, March 21, 2013 11:42:43 AM
You forgot the step where they call TFWIGWC (The Friend Who Is Good With Computers).
Gene363
Thursday, March 21, 2013 1:09:16 PM
That about sums up the situation unless you run a modified version of free BSD, a Unix like OS, that looks a lot like OSX. I just saying. [-(
tailgater
Thursday, March 21, 2013 4:53:52 PM
I just put 6 more D-cells into my Bomar Brain.

Dang thing won't quit.

cncwarlord
Thursday, March 21, 2013 5:25:39 PM
I run linux mint, and its fairly easy to use. Of course if your not able to google "how to make [insert program name here] work on linux[insert distro here]" you'll have difficulty with linux. Anyone born after 1980 should be able to use it with out too much difficulty, unless they possess a serious mental disability.
Mathen
Thursday, March 21, 2013 5:26:04 PM
I have done all those steps, unfortunately. The linux stuff was really applicable back in the day when I loading slackware off of floppies. I have done some crazy stuff to try to get things to work. That paragraph is only hyperbole by a very slight margin. I understand it's gotten a whole lot more user friendly these days.

So glad I'm not an IT guy anymore.

Gene363
Thursday, March 21, 2013 7:13:59 PM

I run linux mint, and its fairly easy to use. Of course if your not able to google "how to make [insert program name here] work on linux[insert distro here]" you'll have difficulty with linux. Anyone born after 1980 should be able to use it with out too much difficulty, unless they possess a serious mental disability.

cncwarlord wrote:

Look here sonny boy, just when do you think Unix was coded, let alone Linux? Linus Torvalds himself was born in 1969. [fog]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=who+is+Linus+Torvalds 

I have done all those steps, unfortunately. The linux stuff was really applicable back in the day when I loading slackware off of floppies. I have done some crazy stuff to try to get things to work. That paragraph is only hyperbole by a very slight margin. I understand it's gotten a whole lot more user friendly these days.

So glad I'm not an IT guy anymore.

Mathen wrote:

So am I, retired last November.

Even today there are system administrators that must load Linux on protected systems not connected to the Internet. Oh, and update them too. BWAHAHAHAHA [frypan] [frypan] [frypan]

z6joker9
Thursday, March 21, 2013 9:48:58 PM
Noobs. I talk to my linux boxes through ssh.
Gene363
Thursday, March 21, 2013 11:46:22 PM

Noobs. I talk to my linux boxes through ssh.

z6joker9 wrote:

[-x [-x [-x If you want to 'talk' to these boxes, you need a keyboard.

yardobeef
Friday, March 22, 2013 12:13:19 AM
How quaint.
chswrst726
Friday, March 22, 2013 2:51:29 AM

Even today there are system administrators that must load Linux on protected systems not connected to the Internet. Oh, and update them too. BWAHAHAHAHA [frypan] [frypan] [frypan]

Gene363 wrote:

Never. Especially not on Army systems.... Nope, not me. Not ever.

DrMaddVibe
Friday, March 22, 2013 5:15:56 AM

Noobs. I talk to my linux boxes through ssh.

z6joker9 wrote:

ssh! I'M TRYING TO USE THE PHONE!

[frypan]

hill5673
Friday, March 22, 2013 7:18:35 AM

Noobs. I talk to my linux boxes through ssh.

z6joker9 wrote:

Dude... Turn that frog down. It makes my brain squint...

DadZilla3
Friday, March 22, 2013 3:57:31 PM

I run linux mint, and its fairly easy to use.

cncwarlord wrote:

👍

DaQueenBeez
Friday, March 22, 2013 8:37:33 PM

I run linux mint, and its fairly easy to use. Of course if your not able to google "how to make [insert program name here] work on linux[insert distro here]" you'll have difficulty with linux. Anyone born after 1980 should be able to use it with out too much difficulty, unless they possess a serious mental disability.

cncwarlord wrote:

Well, there ya go...

1970🌫 🌫 🌫 🌫 🌫 🌫

'scuse me - my oatmal and stewed prunes are almost finished

sr20vet
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 11:03:53 PM
I just can't maintain using a Linux distro as my primary for long periods of time. There is too much that is simply not an option. Currently just keeping it simple with Win 7 (I hate Metro UI) host for day to day stuff, Android, WinMo, school, and photography work, and an OS X 10.8 VM for web and iOS work.
Buckwheat
Thursday, March 28, 2013 10:10:23 AM
Love it. Being an IT geek and EE that always gets calls from my family to "fix" their computers (and everything electrically related) I really appreciate this flow chart. I love it when you deep into "fixing" a computer problem and the OS tells you to contact the "system administrator" to fix the problem. I am the fricken "system administrator". WTF kind of help is that? [ram27bat]