On Thursday 25 Mar 2010 9:42:47 am Mukund Deshmukh wrote:
I think Kartik and jtd need to read what the person is asking for and then reply.He has no where mentioned that he wants to install linux just wants to learn it.
Like learning driving in class room ;-))
when I wanted to learn driving, my father gave me a roll of binding wire, insulation tape, and a toolkit and told me to first learn how to take the car apart and put it together before I could learn to drive. After that how to check battery, water, petrol, tyres before inserting the crank handle and doing a cold start. That was necessary in those days - nowadays very few learners even know where the engine is or how to open the hood.
my wife and kids and a lot of my friends happily learn and use linux - none of them know how to install it - or care about installation. Some one does it for them. It is like starting a car nowadays - they have a thing called a self- starter which starts it automagically. I am told even some two wheelers have this feature. There are also rumours that some machines come with linux pre- installed - my daughter has been using her webbook without installing a thing.
you guys all seem to be living in the previous century.
I have a 70 year old guy who was given his daughter's old laptop as a present. I put puppy on it and he is happily using it. He does not want to learn linux - he wants to write his memoirs, surf and do email. He is doing it - took about a week to get up to speed. (his father made him learn to repair his cycle before allowing him to ride it to school)