My Experiences with Fedora

I had been using windows for around 1 year since I got my system.In fact I got original Xp home edition for Rs.3000/-(I didn’t want to encourage piracy…..).There was a linux fever in my college’s hostel(I stay out of the hostel.Had enough of it in my first year).I heard much about linux that it’s a good OS but the only problem is that its not user-friendly. Just to open a video file you have to give some commands which is very tedious process in fact(of course only in GNome environment).”Except for these things linux is better than windows…..”-my friend told me.I wanted to see how difficult linux was.I thought “I have dealt with windows for these many days….what difficulties will I face if I use linux? I can play with linux..there is nothing like what all these people are saying….”

Then I went to my friend who told me about linux and got the DVD to install fedora 8 on my system.I came home thinking that I can prove everybody wrong by using it efficiently.I kept the DVD into my DVD drive and started installing fedora on my genuine windows system.Then started the real story.I couldn’t understand even a single step which was given in the installation guide.There was something called swap,home etc…in partitions.I couldn’t figure them out properly.I didn't have any clue of what to do.Then I had to call my friend who had experience with linux.He told me some commands…no use…they didn’t work….After some time he told me “You have some problem with your partition lay out…..Let me come and check that..till then don’t install linux on your system”.I told him just “Ok”.

Next day,my friend came to my place and gave some commands and some how finished that installation.I felt so happy when I saw fedora working on my system.Then I realized the fact that linux is entirely different from windows(which I was using till then).I really had tough time working on it.My roommate warned me when I had a thought of installing linux only.He said “it’s not that its too difficult to handle.But you should be able to remember some commands(which you don’t need to do on windows)”.I told “ok…that’s no problem…I have good memory power" very confidently(looks like over confidence right.........!!!!).

But my friend who installed linux on my system gave me a shock.He said that "I don’t know how to configure broadband on linux".I didn’t know what to do…Because I can't survive without internet here.Fortunately I met a guy who had loads of experience with linux on some site….I asked him how to configure broadband.He told me some simple steps which I followed and got connected to my BSNL broadband.Finally I got some experience(in fact just 2 days…he he) on linux….

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