10-10-2017, 03:35 PM | #46 | |
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Not only that, it will give him hands on experience with Linux. What is the worst that can happen? He bricks an old device. |
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10-11-2017, 04:10 AM | #47 |
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I don't know what the processor in this reader is, but the very first time I installed Linux on a computer, it was on a PC with a 486DX processor, and it ran fine - including the X system (that added about 10 floppies to the installation, though). That was pre-Linux v1; now there are plenty of low-requirement Linux distributions. Is this Nook e-reader that low in processor capabilities?
(Now, this doesn't change much to the fundamental problem: running Linux on your e-reader isn't the end goal, and it's most certainly not the best way to get familiar with Linux as a user. There's plenty of low-cost hardware nowadays that is very well suited to that - not to mention, Linux will also install pretty easily as a double boot solution on any PC. If the goal is to still use the e-reader for its intended use, but with Linux under the hood, then hardware power is still very much an issue, in tandem with selecting the appropriate reading software) |
10-11-2017, 01:17 PM | #48 |
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I am a big fan of eInk, and a Linux diehard. I've been mulling over making my own Raspberry Pi based offering, as there has been some effort to have homebrew methods for driving the display. While not good for much on the desktop, eInk would be great for command line.
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10-11-2017, 05:14 PM | #49 |
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10-14-2017, 11:12 PM | #50 |
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If your goal is to learn Linux...install Linux in a vm on your windows computer, VirtualBox is a free virtual machine tool and from there you can learn any flavor of Linux you like....all while still having your windows computer and apps still available to you
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10-15-2017, 01:27 AM | #51 |
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10-15-2017, 05:24 AM | #52 |
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10-15-2017, 09:57 AM | #53 |
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Thank you everyone for your help. I think I will pull a Windows XP computer out of the basement and start with that rather than the nook.
Thank you Billi for the link, it is very helpful. |
10-15-2017, 12:02 PM | #54 | |
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I learned using Linux by googling “How to dual-boot Windows XP/Ubuntu” and “Starter tips Ubuntu” When using it, you automatically learn about “Sudo” this and “Apt-Get” that. Ubuntu isn’t scary, it is just as easy to use as Windows, but people are afraid of it for no good reason |
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10-15-2017, 01:09 PM | #55 | |
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I maintain you could learn it easier, faster and better, with less fear and frustration, if you seek out the education explicitly, while using it. Last edited by ApK; 10-15-2017 at 01:12 PM. |
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10-15-2017, 02:19 PM | #56 | |
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Would you recommend someone "educate" themselves on iOS before buying their first iPhone? Or take a course on Android before getting their first Android tablet or phone? The first step in becoming proficient with any user interface has always been "just start using it." Last edited by DiapDealer; 10-15-2017 at 02:33 PM. |
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Most iOS and Android users have no proficiency--or need or desire for proficiency-- beyond that. There is a spectrum of ease of use and configurability ranging one big red button on an appliance to system programming on a general purpose computing device. iOS and Android are purpose built to live closer to the Appliance end of that spectrum than most OSes. Windows is quite a bit farther away from that end, depending on what level of proficiency one is looking for. Most Windows user, I'd estimate, use it like an appliance and have no need or desire to go beyond that...and they still tend to need more tech support than iOS or Android users do to enable that kind of use. Linux is farther away still. There are just too many variations and options and basic adjustments that require the command line or informed editing of files, even compared to Windows, for a user with that appliance-level of needs to use it comfortably unless the essence of the OS is completely hidden from them, as in an embedded system or appliance like an eReader, or Tivo, or a replacement operating environment that's closer to the appliance end of the spectrum, like Android itself, or OSX. Most people are frightened of the command line or text editors. |
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For some strange reason, you seem to believe that "using Linux" equals "system administration" while "using Windows" equals "farting around on the internet and checking email." And for the life of me, I don't understand why. "Using" both can be as simple or as complex as the needs/desires of the user in question. And it all begins with "just using it." Last edited by DiapDealer; 10-15-2017 at 04:39 PM. |
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Perhaps it boils down to standardization. There are fewer variations, so more standardization on how common things are done, and those things have been made very easy to do, and to find. |
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10-15-2017, 05:13 PM | #60 | |
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From desktop user to aspiring Linux SysAdmin (or Embedded Linux Systems Engineer); my advice for beginning would be the same: jump in with both feet--start using Linux. There's a crap-ton you can teach yourself before anything more formal is required. |
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