__/ [ tuser ] on Saturday 26 August 2006 19:28 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> __/ [ yttrx ] on Saturday 26 August 2006 17:07 \__
>>
>> > Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> __/ [ yttrx ] on Saturday 26 August 2006 16:26 \__
>> >>
>> >>> <snip />
>> > The entirety of the problem was expressed in these lines:
>> >
>> >>> The installation process of Activestate on my Ubuntu Linux did not
>> >>> show any error, however, if I type "perl -V", I can see the old Ubuntu
>> >>> Perl version still
>> >
>> > If the installation showed no error, then it installed correctly and
>> > exists
>> > on the machine. If perl -V shows the old perl, then the default path is
>> > wrong. If the person types
>> > /path/to/where/activestate/installed/itself/perl -V, the version will be
>> > correct.
>> >
>> > But instead of constantly using full paths, one can just modify one's
>> > own
>> > path instead. See, thats why god made path a variable.
>>
>> That makes perfect sense now. *smile*
>
> Being a Linux newbie who converted only recently from Windows XP, I
> guess there is a lot for me to learn!
This learning curve, for a change, is /not/ bound to a commercial product, so
it stays with you for good. This reminds me of a post that appeared in this
newsgroup earlier today. To quote:
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| From: casioculture@xxxxxxxxx
| Subject: People who are using windows just don't get it
|
| And I know it. I'd been complacent about linux for quite a while. The
| fact is, GNU/Posix software is sooo good it just doesn't make sense
| once you get the pleasure of using it and seeing how well thought out
| it is to want anything to do with Windows and its stuff again.
|
| It might seem difficult at first, but once you get to know it well
| enough as you know your Windows stuff, or even a lot less, it actually
| is quite a lot simpler, and yet far more powerful.
|
| And what's more, now that I'd switched to linux, I feel that much of my
| knowledge of windows had been a waste. Much of the expertise someone
| gains in regular usage of Windows is about overcoming limitations and
| fixing flaws that shouldn't have been there in the first place!
|
| To hell with it. I will not miss it.
|
| I think someone should set up a website for linux-convert, ex-windows
| users who'd like to burn a virtual effigy of windows to avenge those
| years of useless expertise and impoverished abilities. Ah, that would
| be poetic.
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