Louisville, KY
Greg is a retired neurologist in Louisville, Kentucky, with a long-standing interest in computers and programming, beginning with Fortran IV in the 1960s. When Linux and open source software came along, it kindled a commitment to learning more, and eventually contributing. He is a member of the Scribus Team.
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Some years ago, without warning, I switched my wife's computer from Windows to Linux (Fedora Core). I was ready for lots of complaints about "where's this?" and "how do I do this?", but surprisingly, she just rather seamlessly made the switch, with no complaints at all.
One thing that did surprise me sometime later was when Fedora switched the default boot process to "rhgb quiet", where all the serial boot messages are no longer seen, and you just get a blank screen or graphic to look at while booting goes on. She complained about the loss of all the little messages that fly by as the system boots -- not that she understood them, but I think it was comforting to know that something was happening during the boot process.
This looks visually confusing to me. du gives me everything I want to see when I use it.