The biggest lie in Linux is that it's hard to learn. That lie's perpetuated by Linux users who can't be bothered to provide full, well explained solutions to the difficulties had by new Linux users. The number of times I've visited a forum to answer a few support queries and seen other Linux users refuse to help newbies install software because they think the newbie should use a pure Linux program or the seasoned users refuse to provide alternate solutions to software and hardware issues than those a newbie has already tried because the veterans think any other solution is not the standard way … [Read more...]