<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Hi Thomas, I would like to add my encouragement to you (and any others who may feel the same as Thomas). I also dabbled with Linux in the early years (RedHat mainly in the 90's?), and while impressed with the open source, I found it frustrating, and not very productive. However I have recently left my teaching world behind and I am no longer obliged to run MS OS's. So I have embraced the XUbuntu flavour Linux 100%, as it appeared to be closest to the MS-XP I left behind. It was a crash course for the first 6 months, but as time went by the productivity boomed and the problems were whittled away. I do not write code for Linux and I am a small time command line hacker (read: cut and paste) so I have low level expertise. Now though I consider it equally as productive as my old XP experience, and I feel quite comfortable. If I can do it then so can nearly everyone, you too! Best wishes. Cheers, Rob<a href="http://www.laketyersbeach.net.au/XP2XU.html">XP to XUbuntu</a> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 23/07/16 12:55, JWFJ wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:5792DC8E.2030703@ymail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Thomas Blasejewicz wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Personal message Good "morning" (1:30 am) from Japan Please excuse this intrusion, but I wanted to send you a personal message to thank you for your encouragement. You, and one more person, were the only ones (in over 8 years) that offered me some positive feedback = encouragement. However, after trying (not "trying" - desperately struggling) to get friendly with Linux for more than EIGHT years (probably thousands of hours of effort), I have now given up. When over 8 years of struggle still almost does not get me anywhere past the basically automatic installation of the OS, when the concept of "working in this environment" forever remains a utopia "over the rainbow" ... then the whole idea of using Linux is unrealistic. I envy the people who have no problems. Me .. problems were practically the ONLY thing I ever experienced. I presume, I am just not smart enough to use Linux. And I am really sorry, that I could not turn your encouragement into a success story, like me becoming a happy, skilled Linux user. But, I wanted to express my gratitude for your advice. Thank you! Thomas </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>