Fwd: Re: rant of the day: installing fedora

[Tim]

Allegedly, on or about 08 July 2013, François Patte sent:
> But this requires to have two computers: while you install one, you
> follow the instructions on the other.

I've, long since, come to realise that it's nearly impossible to manage
with just one computer.  Your instructions are on-file/on-line, and your
one source for more information is on-line.  Most of the time you cannot
use a badly broken computer system to find out how to fix it up, you
need another (either for the instructions, or to carry out the fixes).
And much of the time, you can't use a computer while it's OS is being
installed to do any research or reading, at the same time.  It would
seem that *only* if things go without error can you manage with just one
computer.

Or, at least, have two hard drives, so you can swap to a spare to try
out an install on, keeping your working one safely unplugged while you
experiment.

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[tim at localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp
Linux 3.9.8-100.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Jun 27 19:19:57 UTC 2013 x86_64

All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point
trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the
public lists.

George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not
a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments.