My mum has a friend who is fairly knowledgeable about computers. Well, to be precise, fairly knowledgeable about Windows computers. At one point he was quad-booting Vista Basic, XP Professional, ME and 98, so he knows his way around partitions and suchlike.
At first, whenever I complained about a problem I was having that has a relatively simple fix (or is just nonexistant) in Windows, he would tell me to use a "proper operating system". Well, after several conversations, and him watching me set up a file/print server (which turned out to be in vain because the Windows drivers for this printer didn't support networking...) for the house, he seems a bit curious about Linix. He is often asking me questions like "Can you get a program to do [x]?" or "Can you run [x] in Linux?".
I'm thinking of challanging him to install Arch (with me helping when required, of course) because then I'll be able to help him see how Linux can be perfect for him, and he will learn quite a bit about the guts of Linux while doing it.
Of course, I'll direct him to the beginners guide, post-installation tips, and the Arch Way, but I'll be supervising during the installation (ESPECIALLY during the partitioning bit, I messed that up the first time) and offering help when needed.
So, what do you think? Should I challange him to give Arch a go? He has used Ubuntu - albeit briefly - and seemed to like it, but imo the only way to really get to know Linux is to configure everything yourself (which is exactly why I want to give Gentoo and LFS a proper go over the summer when I have time).
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Originally Posted by Barrucadu
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