Farewell Linux (For Now) February 17, 2008
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Something hit me again and I found myself discouraged to further my studies in Linux. I don’t know why, but maybe because I found them quite daunting (yet again).
I think I should stick to easier paths, then save the hard paths later.
I’m reviewing CSS now… I would not give up this time after being inspired by a line in Frank Miller’s Daredevil: The Man Without Fear…
“I may be a loser, but I am not a quitter.”
It costs the speaker his life, but at least there is something that made him redeem himself.
I am a loser. Let me the have something that could redeem myself. I will not quit.
“I may be a loser, but I am not a quitter.”
Redemption is better than death. Should I die in the process, I’ll say, fair trade 
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Failure is better than regret.
Itches on Debian Etch January 28, 2008
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While waiting for some of the tools I need to install Slackware, (namely the Slackware Handbook), I decided to install Debian Etch (4.0r2).
Well the install was easy enough. I really don’t understand what’s so hard about the installation procedure that I have been hearing about. If I can do it, so can a 12 year old kid. The partitioning method was one of the most intuitive partitioning setup I ever encountered due to its simplicity. In fact I find the other GUI based partitioning methodology to be much more complicated.
But of course, after running Debian on my PC, I found the following issues to be not to my liking, or perhaps more appropriately, a cause of headache due to my inability to find a solution to them: (more…)
Start Where Everything All Started January 24, 2008
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I decided to start learning Linux in depth by tinkering on the first Linux ever – Slackware. I have heard many horror stories about it being an advanced distro that only geeks dare to tread. But I know of no way to learn Linux best but by doing it. I learn best by example and by doing.
I’m scared. (more…)
The Journey Begins January 23, 2008
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Welcome stranger. I am on a quest to be competent in the field of Information Technology. To understand better what I mean by this so-called pligrimage to competency, a brief background about myself is in order. (more…)
