My first Experience - Vi/Linux/Unix

[Lakshmipathi]

Hell0 ,
When i first used Unix/Linux-in vi editor. I shouted " y the hell, i need to press "insert" key just to start typing'.
That's years back there after i got addicted to Unix/Linux - I don't y
I luv vi ....what beautiful black screen
what's first ur Experience??.

[fingal]

Getting Mandrake 9.? to install and realising that I could use it instead of 'the opposition'. It is addictive too ... I didn't have an internet connection for ages, but hooking up to the net with Linux is great fun. I just have a basic ADSL account, and you quickly end up thinking 'This is slow!!'

[mahlerfan]

vi was close to first experience, but just looking at an ugly windows manager on Solaris and going oh god this is only going to be a long semester. And then sitting down and firing up vi as per instructions for the unix tutorial... lol! Those weren't pleasant memories.

[onlinebacon]

Vi rocks, a really nice text editor.

to lakshimpati, you aren't supposed to have an animated avatar, i dont think

[deanlinkous]

guess I am too lazy and dense for vi, tried nano and never went back

[Cabhan]

In my mind, vi embodies everything beautiful about UNIX and Linux. It is by far the greatest text editor, and just an overall amazing piece of software.

On a random note, you can actually have vi start in insert mode by adding 'startinsert' to your ~/.vimrc .

My first Linux experience was Red Hat 9 and not having graphics because of the nVidia drivers not being provided. Oh, good times.

[burntfuse]

The first Linux distro I ever installed was SuSE 9.2, and what I remember is thinking that the install was just incredibly simple (probably simpler than setting up Windows like I'd done before) and then it booted up and I was disappointed that it looked and felt so much like Windows at first - I was hoping for something really different (also, the fact that none of the Linux games I had just downloaded would compile on it (since there were no development tools) really annoyed me). After that, though, I installed Red Hat 9 and was happy.

[deanlinkous]

The first Linux distro I ever installed was SuSE 9.2, and what I remember is thinking that the install was just incredibly simple (probably simpler than setting up Windows like I'd done before) and then it booted up and I was disappointed that it looked and felt so much like Windows at first - I was hoping for something really different (also, the fact that none of the Linux games I had just downloaded would compile on it (since there were no development tools) really annoyed me). After that, though, I installed Red Hat 9 and was happy.

D&mn glad to hear someone who wants something 'NOT windows' it is a refreshing change. You bring up a VERY good point. All these distros that are trying to be just like windows will be perfect for someone who wants a windows clone yet will be very disappointing to someone who wants something truly different. Of course, I think anyone wanting a "just like windows" linux will sooner or later be disappointed in linux since what they are really looking for is a better windows. Maybe vista will lure them back and make them happy.

[burntfuse]

Yeah, I think that's the problem that a lot of new Linux users have - they hear that Linux doesn't have virus problems and think it must be some kind of free Windows clone. On the other hand, I started using Linux just because I was tired of seeing the same old Windows setup every day and wanted to try something really different, as well as getting to look inside an OS and see what makes it tick and maybe add some stuff myself.