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Comments by codegazer on Monday 5th February 2024
comment-1: please use full pathnames when "teaching" new users
Reference bullet point: "Paths are written with / instead of \:"
The example given shows:
home/login/my images/dog.jpg
This is an unfortunate example because it has a space embedded directory name: /my images/. It would be better to avoid space embedded directory or filenames for simplicity. However, if you have to use a space-embedded directory name then you need to either "escape the space" with a backslash (/my\ images/) or put the whole pathname in quotes.
If you do not do this then referencing a space embedded directory or file name becomes a problem in BASH and other shells.
This is also somewhat misleading because it is almost a full pathname but something is missing. I think it is important to include the root / as in:
/home/login/my\ images/dog.jpg
comment-2: anti-virus
The statement:
There are some free anti-virus suites available. However, there is much less need for such software with Mageia at the moment. GNU/Linux isn't so easy to write nasty software for. However, remember that the first ever virus was for a Unix-like operating system.
This is not correct. There is plenty of malicious code out there aimed at Linux and plenty of malicious adversaries out their who would like to get access to your Linux computer. Mageia already includes two very useful packages: chkrootkit and rkhunter.
It is not good to imbue a false sense of "It's Linux therefore I don't have to worry about my computer security" to new users. Much better to remind them they need to take care and be aware of security risks.
comment-3: Hardware resources
In fact, there is a major difference between Windows and Linux hardware requirements. Microsoft's Windows11 is now available and it requires that your computer has a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip. If you don't have a TPM then you won't be able to install a supported version of Windows 11. Also, Microsoft has declared End-Of-Life for Windows 10 at the end of 2024. There are an estimated 200 million PCs currently running Windows which do not have a TPM. (This actually is a huge opportunity for those users to consider switching to Linux and keep using their computers (without TPM).
comment-4: Mageia Command Centre
In bullet point The Mageia Control Center: you should probably add a link to our Youtube Video about MCC
Mageia Control Center video
Other Comments
Hi everybody Don't hesitate to improve this page and write comments here
@ Simon
you changed "his" into "their":
"but anyone can use, copy and modify this software to make it fit their needs"
Does that mean "anyone" is plural and I should say
"If anyone have a question, please mail to......" ?
Cheers, marja
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At the beginning of the Hardware Resources section, the sentence:
"In fact, it's another difference with Windows. This one demands high level hardware to run, if you don't have it, there is no solution apart from Linux"
sounds a bit confusing. Just to make sure, when it says "This one demands high...", the sentence refers to Windows right? If that's the case, I think it sounds better to say:
"Another difference is Windows' demand for high-level hardware. If you don't have the required hardware, then there is no better solution than Linux!"
Also, idk if Simon already responded to the comment above, but (according to Google ;) ) "anyone" is singular, which would make sense to me since "if anyone have" sounds incorrect (should be "has"). So although the way Simon rewrote the sentence sounds correct in everyday conversation, I think "their" should be changed to "his or her" or left as it was before.
-Erik
Hi simonnzg
I saw your modifications on this page and I must told you I don't agree at all.
Firstly, you should have asked.
Secondly, the aim of this page was to be short, practical and technical. There is plenty of literature about Linux history or philosophy for people wanting to dig this. Here people come to find what they must know before a very first try.
Why did you delete the partitions naming ? it's very important when the installer ask which ones to format. You let the no use of letters without saying anything about their replacement. Why did you delete the minimum hardware requested ? Yesterday again, two newcomers asked questions on the Mageia forum because they couldn't install Mageia with KDE on a AMD K6-2, 400mhz/128MB !
Before your modifications, this page counter was one of the higher, may be the highest, that means this page was very needed as it was.
I don't say your contribution has no place in the wiki, but I don't think that this page is the right place.
Cheers
lebarhon 08:20, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
