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I remember when I first installed Linux and was trying to find my way around (1994ish) and I couldn't help but feel hopelessly behind, like everybody had way mo
by rconti 8y ago
I remember when I first installed Linux and was trying to find my way around (1994ish) and I couldn't help but feel hopelessly behind, like everybody had way more experience than I did, and knew way more than I did.
Funny thing was, of course, that WAS true at the time, but it wasn't a reason not to do it. Let that be a lesson to anyone who hasn't learned the lesson themselves yet!
- raldi 8y agoThis is a great example of the Inspection Paradox, mentioned on HN earlier this week: https://allendowney.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-inspection-paradox-is-everywhere.html https://allendowney.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-inspection-para...
- rconti 8y agoThis is great! Thank you!
- bloopernova 8y agoI first tried it in late '96. Followed the instructions, got it installed on a spare machine at work, rebooted and it was working! Logged in and tried some command (I think it was "dir") I got back "bash: dir: command not found" (although I recall it as "syntax error" so my memory is fuzzy) I was taken aback. Did I really make such a huge mistake that the operating system wanted to bash me?