Is 50 too old to be learning Linux
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Rob Grainger wrote:
Python is not an FP language
I stand corrected - I have seen it used like a true FP language, in fact, it was promoted at my previous job as an FP language, but I never really looked into it, so thank you for correcting my ignorance. :) Marc
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My BlogWhat a welcome change, I'm getting used to vociferous opposition when I correct something on the intertubes. Thank you.
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Having used all the flavours of Windows since Windows 3.1 right up to Windows 8 and having used Amiga OS 1.3 to 3.9 before then I'm wondering if it's time to try a Linux distro. What I'm wondering is, have I left it too late at the age of 50 to start to get into the intricacies of Linux and which distro would be a good one to start with? I don't mind getting my hands 'dirty' with writing scripts and using a CLI as I've done this before on the Amiga (which was Unix based) and on Wind :-O ows. Any thoughts?
If you are used to windows start with Linux Mint with MATE. Nice familiar desktop interface. (In MATE 1.6 to get windows key to bring up applications menu use dconf-editor, go to settings for org > mate > Marco > global-keybindings and set panel_main_menu to be Super_L )
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Having used all the flavours of Windows since Windows 3.1 right up to Windows 8 and having used Amiga OS 1.3 to 3.9 before then I'm wondering if it's time to try a Linux distro. What I'm wondering is, have I left it too late at the age of 50 to start to get into the intricacies of Linux and which distro would be a good one to start with? I don't mind getting my hands 'dirty' with writing scripts and using a CLI as I've done this before on the Amiga (which was Unix based) and on Wind :-O ows. Any thoughts?
I would suggest MINT and dual-boot. It's painless.