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will I be able to do it ?
Post 4480 by Neo on Wednesday 25th of July 2001 05:26:04 AM
07-25-2001
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Microsoft networking is 'graphical click and popup based' and assumes that the user is not interested in learning about the detail of how the actual network processes work. The overal philosophy is 'users don't care about the details, they want it to be spoon fed to them'.
UNIX is built on a quite different philosophy. One of the tenants of that philosophy is that the user needs to "command the system" and not "the system commands the user." This results in the need to learn an incredible amount of detail about the underlying processes and structures.
This board assumes that newbies are self-motivated with a strong desire to learn. We cannot motivate nor advise folks on how to make a mental shift from the mindset created by point-and-click experience.
I can tell you that on the server-side, point-and-click is normally risky and takes much more time than understanding the command line side. However, on the desktop side, point-and-click has merit.
I'm very suprised to read you are an electrical engineer and a C programmer but are not inclined to dig in a learn UNIX from the posts you reference.
Perhaps a nice expresso machine and a month in isolation with your favorite UNIX platform? This is how most of us got started
UNIX is built on a quite different philosophy. One of the tenants of that philosophy is that the user needs to "command the system" and not "the system commands the user." This results in the need to learn an incredible amount of detail about the underlying processes and structures.
This board assumes that newbies are self-motivated with a strong desire to learn. We cannot motivate nor advise folks on how to make a mental shift from the mindset created by point-and-click experience.
I can tell you that on the server-side, point-and-click is normally risky and takes much more time than understanding the command line side. However, on the desktop side, point-and-click has merit.
I'm very suprised to read you are an electrical engineer and a C programmer but are not inclined to dig in a learn UNIX from the posts you reference.
Perhaps a nice expresso machine and a month in isolation with your favorite UNIX platform? This is how most of us got started
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pysycache
PYSYCACHE(1) PYSYCACHE(1) NAME
pysycache - educational software to learn to manipulate the mouse with pleasant activities. SYNOPSIS
pysycache [-nf] [-wf] [-ns] [-ws] [-nh] [-nc] [-lang=xx_XX] [-font=xx] [-admin] [-debug] DESCRIPTION
pysycache is an educational software for the young children (4-7 years old) with target to learn them to use the mouse (move, click or drad'n'drop). Each activity teaches a mouse usage with a pleasant window : move : user must uncover a picture hidden by a cache with it's mouse movements. buttons : user must lead animal at it's home (right item at the right home and left item at the left house) by clicking with the right and left buttons of the mouse. click : user must find six photographies in a landscape : when the mouse becomes red, it must click in order to see the photography. double-click : user must catch some items with a fillet. drag'n'drop : user must make a jigsaw by drag and drop pieces at their correct place. This game doesn't want some powerful computer, and it can be used at home with yours children, or in the schools. OPTIONS
Options are used in order to don't use the user preferences (stored in it's setting file pysycacherc) -nf runs pysycache in non-fullscreen (hence windowed) mode. -wf runs pysycache in fullscreen mode. -ns runs pysycache without sound. -ws runs pysycache with sound. -nh runs pysycache without sound for the help items. -nc pysycache doesn't show credits at the end of the game. -lang=xx_XX force the lang detection by using the lang xx_XX located in the lang directory of pysycache. -font=xx force the font xx to be used in the menus. The font must be located in the fonts directory of pysycache. -admin runs pysycache in admin mode (for configure the pysycache mode, the users). -debug runs pysycache in debug mode. AUTHOR
This man page was initially created by Georges Khaznadar, and is completed by Vincent DEROO. October 12, 2006 PYSYCACHE(1)