[CS-FSLUG] Successful GNU/Linux Conversion - Jesus is next

[Daniel Miller]

Don,

Thanks for sharing.  I will keep him in my prayers.

Blessings,
Daniel Miller


On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 03:53:56 -0500, Don Parris <gnumathetes at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, I just finished helping a co-worker migrate off proprietary
> software.  He couldn't get his wlan card working, but apparently
> splurged for a bridge, which fixed his problem.  He didn't feed me the
> details - just that he can now connect to the Internet under SUSE 9.2.
>  His report that he no longer needs Windows could be an indication
> that he's either removed it, or is planning to.
> 
> According to him, his t.v. tuner card seems to work better under SUSE
> 9.2 than it did under Windows.  His system rocks.  His infrared
> optical mouse/keyboard combo works, where he couldn't figure out how
> to do that in Slack or Debian.  He had tried these distros previously,
> but came to me after experiencing a Windows problem to borrow my SUSE
> 9.2 CD's.
> 
> He apparently had shut down his PC the day before, when he left for
> work.  According to him, there appeared to be no problems at shutdown,
> and he had not had any problems during his session.  When he returned
> that evening, he rebooted his PC, only to get a blue screen at boot
> time.  Even though he's only 19, he's been hacking and teching since
> he was @ 11, which is longer than I have been!  He works as a helpdesk
> tech at work, so he knows his stuff.
> 
> Anyway, he couldn't even recover with the rescue system.  He wound up
> doing a re-install without formatting his hard drive to recover his
> data.  He then re-re-installed, formatting the drive for a fresh
> start.  Obviously, that's not the way to spend your free time if
> you're trying to play games and watch t.v. :)  So SUSE 9.2 has
> thoroughly converted him to FOSS.
> 
> Now the not-so-good news:  He's not a believer, but an agnostic.  He
> does ask me questions from time to time, but I won't press him too
> hard, myself, knowing his personality.  I'll let him come to me.  I
> recently requested input on the dual-head Bible application on his
> behalf.  So do pray for Robert.  He helps me with development stuff,
> and I help him with FOSS stuff.
> 
> I got him going with grep/sed/awk, even though I don't even know how
> to use them.  All he really needed was to get hold of them - he
> figured out the rest from his programming experience.  Anyway, please
> lift him up.  I just thought it would be good to share a Linux
> conversion experience.
> 
> Peace,
> DCP
> --
> DC Parris GNU Evangelist
> http://matheteuo.org/
> gnumathetes at gmail.com
> Free software is like God's love -
> you can share it with anyone anywhere anytime!
> 
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