Linked by Barry Smith on Mon 1st Dec 2003 18:34 UTC
This is the second in my series of reviews for debian-based commercial distros that might be appropriate for SOHO use. The first article covered my exploration of Lindows, and this one is focused on Libranet. Before I get started with Libranet I want to clarify a couple of points. 
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LOL. Touche!
OK, I love getting feedback like this, because no one can improve without effective criticism. Since you were both polite, I will try to respond in kind.
Lawrence wrote:
"As a reviewer, don't you have a responsibility to shed light, if possible, on whatever murky, seriously troublesome situations arise? "No?" Well, OK.... Your call.
So: Interesting, +1. Failure to follow through as a real user would, -1. Failure to provide as much required information as realistically possible, -1. Score: -1.
Maybe now you would like to "weight" those points <g>."
Well, actually I did try to shed lightas much as I could. Failure to follow through as a real user would? I got the thing working again didn't I?
Here's where I am coming from. I spent twenty years using MS products, starting with DOS 2.somethingorother. Three years ago I got fed up, and I mean totally fed up, with MS and decided to try Linux.
I had NO previous experience with any non-MS system. I had NO training of any kind. Everything I know about Linux is self-taught. There was no one to help me, and what I got off mailing lists and forums basically amounted to "Go to this site, download this document, leave me alone" or if I was really lucky I got the equivalent of "Go the the library, or buy a book and RTFM you worthless newbie scum".
As I look at my bookshelf I see 7 books about Linux, starting with Linux for dummies and ending with the RedHat Bible for Rel. 8.0.
In all fairness, I think tech dummy is a bit harsh. I kind of thought I was doing fairly well, considering that I started from ground zero three years ago, that I taught myself everything I know about Linux without any third party training of any kind. It is HARD to teach yourself the basics of a *nix operating system when you have only known MS all your adult life. It is not easy AT ALL.
When I had the trouble with my Grub installation, I panicked and reacted in the manner that 20 years of MS had conditioned me to react. I reformatted and reinstalled. It simply did not occur to me that I had an honest to goodness tech suport lifeline to call upon, because I had never had one before.
Such is life for a worthless, ignorant, annoying, dummy newbie. But I did get the sucker working again, even if I had to switch OS to do it.
Barry