I was actually quite happy... until... GRRRRRR!
Posted: 29 Jul 2015, 20:39
I'm not HATING this 32-bit xfce porteus? Actually? I kinda LIKE it... but...
Whats the deal? You are obviously set out to make a "Linux newbie friendly distro"... you let people click a few questions and automatically "spin" their distro... my USB boot maker already had an entry in it for your distro, so, THAT was easy to get my usb booting...
now, i am no expert in linux? I have been distro hoppng for "easy to use, windows newbie friendly" versions... THIS looked like it was in that genre... and it was... i was happy. Easy menus... i moved the system tray to the bottom, and i reset the resolution... BAM, im happy... firefox fires up, my wireless internet was a one click affair... hey, i'm a happy camper! in fact?? while i am a linux newbie... i am a former professional programmer, and i also build computers and fix them for people... i'm ther computer guy people CALL... and i have been looking for a easy windows friendly "browse and email distro" like THIS one to try to give my customers... to keep their computers from crudding up when they browse with windows,,,
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my rant? why in the &^%$ do you RUIN all this newbie friendliness you have carefully cultivated by...
1) i'm no idiot with computers? i am just a newbie to LINUX... i can program in assembler, hell even hex code if i want... i get into fixing every version of windows from 95 to win 7 my customers screw up? and it takes me LONG HOURS to figure out how to get the stupid SAVE FILE working !!! do you seriously think any of my customers (they can barely handle windows, let alone navigating the linux mounts and file structure, LMAO) do you SERIOUSLY expect them to find and modify the boot config file???
my main problem? the documentation leads me to believe the file path to the change file in the cheat codes (plural, lol) i insert into the cfg file?? that i just need to "path" from '/porteus/......' to specify the location... and RIGHT before where i insert the cheat code?? the same line?? the system is using the assumed path, not the FULL path i had to use.
also... it was not immediately apparent that i had to put it in both locations, IE, both under the regular boot AND the ram boot... i figured if i put it under RAM BOOT, then when i went to ram boot option, i could uss the save file... i didnt realize ram boot was just an additional thing after the regular boot, that i HAD to put it in both locations in the cfg file.
you SERIOUSLY need to specify, and make it more clear... that you have to use the FULL PATH from "mnt" to ".data" in BOTH locations or it wont work... and mind you?? i'm not an idiot with computers. I mean, i DID IT?? but... i was cussing, and wondering why int he &^%$ puppy linux manages to have an AUTOMATIC save file, and you guys cant come up with a script or a GUI to handle this simple task, after all the other great work you did making this all "newbie friendly" for regular windize users to migrate to linux.
2) so... while i am SO FRUSTRATED for HOURS with this complication??? i get mad reading in the documentation... "oh yeah, we easily COULD have made it automatic, or made a GUI to do it? But we figured what the he!!, might as well let the linux newbies have fun figuring out the fun puzzle we left you... hope this makes you ENJOY linux, all you newcomers..."
(can you detect my sarcasm? LMAO)
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then? seriously and all... why does every other site in the world hit you with "spam bot" questions to register that are obvious but still weed out the spam bots... questions like "what color is the sky (blue)" or "not a cat but a... (dog)"
after all my frustration... why in the &^%$ would i even remotely want to take a history quiz on the founding fathers of linux???
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you see? THIS is the sort of "cute" and "clever" things that keep new linux users AWAY from even easy introductory distros, like this one is positioned to be... you see, its not that distros JUST LIKE THIS ONE are not fully capable of stealing MS customers away from them? its the crap i just went thru... that makes people NOT want to try linux, after they attempt it and fail.
I mean, I'm a computer guy, i pulled it off, you know?? there aint NO WAY any of my customers would have done this, they would have freaked out, and had to call me... but, they would have just spent a few more bux and got the next version of windoze, what they are used to. They would have said "Aw MAN, i thought linux was EASY now they told me... this is like i need a programming degree to figure out how to get the save file working!!! Screw this!!!"
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make a little menu or GUI app for the SAVE FILE, or make a script for it, whatever...
dont deliberately create a "puzzle" for the newbie linux installer
and for the love of GOD, dont expect a history quiz to register to hit the help forum, thats like adding insult to injury...
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unless, you are TRYING to keep casual surf-n-email windoze users from coming over to linux?
seriously now, the ".CFG" file is just a simple text file... no reason a simple "browse to your location" GUI wouldnt/couldnt modify the text file in the proper 2 locations... eh?
just put a COMMENT above both locations the line above, with a special character RIGHT where to insert the full path name they selected off of the GUI to have the path name inserted right below it on the next line... wouldnt be that hard a program if the comment was loaded with the character the line above it to SPOT the location for the program...
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my 2 cents...
Whats the deal? You are obviously set out to make a "Linux newbie friendly distro"... you let people click a few questions and automatically "spin" their distro... my USB boot maker already had an entry in it for your distro, so, THAT was easy to get my usb booting...
now, i am no expert in linux? I have been distro hoppng for "easy to use, windows newbie friendly" versions... THIS looked like it was in that genre... and it was... i was happy. Easy menus... i moved the system tray to the bottom, and i reset the resolution... BAM, im happy... firefox fires up, my wireless internet was a one click affair... hey, i'm a happy camper! in fact?? while i am a linux newbie... i am a former professional programmer, and i also build computers and fix them for people... i'm ther computer guy people CALL... and i have been looking for a easy windows friendly "browse and email distro" like THIS one to try to give my customers... to keep their computers from crudding up when they browse with windows,,,
==========================================================
my rant? why in the &^%$ do you RUIN all this newbie friendliness you have carefully cultivated by...
1) i'm no idiot with computers? i am just a newbie to LINUX... i can program in assembler, hell even hex code if i want... i get into fixing every version of windows from 95 to win 7 my customers screw up? and it takes me LONG HOURS to figure out how to get the stupid SAVE FILE working !!! do you seriously think any of my customers (they can barely handle windows, let alone navigating the linux mounts and file structure, LMAO) do you SERIOUSLY expect them to find and modify the boot config file???
my main problem? the documentation leads me to believe the file path to the change file in the cheat codes (plural, lol) i insert into the cfg file?? that i just need to "path" from '/porteus/......' to specify the location... and RIGHT before where i insert the cheat code?? the same line?? the system is using the assumed path, not the FULL path i had to use.
also... it was not immediately apparent that i had to put it in both locations, IE, both under the regular boot AND the ram boot... i figured if i put it under RAM BOOT, then when i went to ram boot option, i could uss the save file... i didnt realize ram boot was just an additional thing after the regular boot, that i HAD to put it in both locations in the cfg file.
you SERIOUSLY need to specify, and make it more clear... that you have to use the FULL PATH from "mnt" to ".data" in BOTH locations or it wont work... and mind you?? i'm not an idiot with computers. I mean, i DID IT?? but... i was cussing, and wondering why int he &^%$ puppy linux manages to have an AUTOMATIC save file, and you guys cant come up with a script or a GUI to handle this simple task, after all the other great work you did making this all "newbie friendly" for regular windize users to migrate to linux.
2) so... while i am SO FRUSTRATED for HOURS with this complication??? i get mad reading in the documentation... "oh yeah, we easily COULD have made it automatic, or made a GUI to do it? But we figured what the he!!, might as well let the linux newbies have fun figuring out the fun puzzle we left you... hope this makes you ENJOY linux, all you newcomers..."
(can you detect my sarcasm? LMAO)
=============================================
then? seriously and all... why does every other site in the world hit you with "spam bot" questions to register that are obvious but still weed out the spam bots... questions like "what color is the sky (blue)" or "not a cat but a... (dog)"
after all my frustration... why in the &^%$ would i even remotely want to take a history quiz on the founding fathers of linux???
=============================================
you see? THIS is the sort of "cute" and "clever" things that keep new linux users AWAY from even easy introductory distros, like this one is positioned to be... you see, its not that distros JUST LIKE THIS ONE are not fully capable of stealing MS customers away from them? its the crap i just went thru... that makes people NOT want to try linux, after they attempt it and fail.
I mean, I'm a computer guy, i pulled it off, you know?? there aint NO WAY any of my customers would have done this, they would have freaked out, and had to call me... but, they would have just spent a few more bux and got the next version of windoze, what they are used to. They would have said "Aw MAN, i thought linux was EASY now they told me... this is like i need a programming degree to figure out how to get the save file working!!! Screw this!!!"
=================================================
make a little menu or GUI app for the SAVE FILE, or make a script for it, whatever...
dont deliberately create a "puzzle" for the newbie linux installer
and for the love of GOD, dont expect a history quiz to register to hit the help forum, thats like adding insult to injury...
===============================
unless, you are TRYING to keep casual surf-n-email windoze users from coming over to linux?
seriously now, the ".CFG" file is just a simple text file... no reason a simple "browse to your location" GUI wouldnt/couldnt modify the text file in the proper 2 locations... eh?
just put a COMMENT above both locations the line above, with a special character RIGHT where to insert the full path name they selected off of the GUI to have the path name inserted right below it on the next line... wouldnt be that hard a program if the comment was loaded with the character the line above it to SPOT the location for the program...
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my 2 cents...