Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 91.106.24.136]
on September 13, 2008 01:39 PM
"Finally, consider learning a little bit about programming and scripting. Even non-programmers can learn enough to recognize functions and variables"
Would love to but where to start. What programming languages for example, Python perhaps? What resources should an absolute beginner consult to start to understand the various languages and programming principles/protocols and how they relate to Linux and FOSS applications more generally.
I would love to get stuck in but I find the whole thing thoroughly intimidating despite having used FOSS for over two years now.
Geeks, I think, do not realise that they have lost the ability to communicate in plain and simple language.
There needs to be a lower more gentile level of access and support in the FOSS community to bridge the gap between geek and non-geek, Chess Griffin's Linux reality being a great example of this and hence the shows popularity and legendary status.
I am working on a how-to site to promote FOSS and FOSS productivity tools in particular. It has taken a year to learn CSS, Javascript, HTML, PHP, MODX CMS, the concept of Ajax etc. and the landscape changing all the time. How is a non geek to keep up.
The global economic downturn is a great opportunity for the concept of free software to thrive and take hold.
This is an opportune moment to rethink FOSS community support for non geeks.
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Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 91.106.24.136] on September 13, 2008 01:39 PMWould love to but where to start. What programming languages for example, Python perhaps? What resources should an absolute beginner consult to start to understand the various languages and programming principles/protocols and how they relate to Linux and FOSS applications more generally.
I would love to get stuck in but I find the whole thing thoroughly intimidating despite having used FOSS for over two years now.
Geeks, I think, do not realise that they have lost the ability to communicate in plain and simple language.
There needs to be a lower more gentile level of access and support in the FOSS community to bridge the gap between geek and non-geek, Chess Griffin's Linux reality being a great example of this and hence the shows popularity and legendary status.
I am working on a how-to site to promote FOSS and FOSS productivity tools in particular. It has taken a year to learn CSS, Javascript, HTML, PHP, MODX CMS, the concept of Ajax etc. and the landscape changing all the time. How is a non geek to keep up.
The global economic downturn is a great opportunity for the concept of free software to thrive and take hold.
This is an opportune moment to rethink FOSS community support for non geeks.
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