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So my friend just got it into his head to install Linux Mint so he can "learn to hack". I'm going along with it for now. Let's see how it goes.
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 19:34:30 UTC from web-
@lilytheamazingfaintingpony Lol tell your friend, step one to hacking... don't tell everyone your hacking. It usually works out better in the end. also a Livecd distro of Linux is a nice middle ground for the whole "trying it out" thing.
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 19:43:32 UTC from web-
@nlghtmaremoon Step one of hacking is realising that basically nobody calls it hacking.
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 19:44:59 UTC from web-
@ceruleanspark Step two is defining hacking, since "hacking" could honestly mean anything in the computer world.
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 19:45:48 UTC from web -
@ceruleanspark So all those cyberpunk novels I read are not teaching me to hack? William Gibson, you have deceived me!
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 19:46:32 UTC from web-
@lilytheamazingfaintingpony If Ratchet & Clank taught me anything, it's that hacking consists of rolling balls into place so that an electric spark can use them as a bridge to make it to its destination.
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 19:48:16 UTC from web-
@redenchilada You got one word right.
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 19:48:45 UTC from web
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@ceruleanspark Thats like step 3 after don't tell the world, and don't use youtube as a guide.
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 19:47:16 UTC from web
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@lilytheamazingfaintingpony Mint is hardly for hackers. It's a great alternative to Windows, but all the computer majors I know are using stuff further off the beaten path.
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 19:45:37 UTC from StatusNet iPhone-
@eaglehooves Eh, he had to start somewhere.
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 19:48:27 UTC from web-
@lilytheamazingfaintingpony Yea, Mint was my intro to Linux as well. Aside from it being on a 5400rpm drive, I quite like how it runs, and if it weren't for a driver issue I'd toss my copy of Win 7 and put it on the big drive pretty quick. I just refuse to define it as "hacking".
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 19:51:33 UTC from StatusNet iPhone-
@eaglehooves I think you misunderstod me. Linux has been, for me, the way I taught myself to become a mediocre computer user instead of a completely non-technical computer user. He's been inspired
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 19:59:06 UTC from web-
@lilytheamazingfaintingpony That, and the latest issue of Linux Format has an article called "how to hack". I think that is just as much of the reason why he installed MInt.
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 20:00:40 UTC from web -
@lilytheamazingfaintingpony More power to him for that, I guess I've always considered "hacking" something different. More along the lines of "How did you get my password?!" and other things you shouldn't be doing.
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 20:26:35 UTC from web-
@eaglehooves That *is* his goal. He wants to learn stuff he shouldn't. He is just starting with figuring out his own pc first.
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 20:28:21 UTC from web-
@lilytheamazingfaintingpony #hugs Hay buddy. ^.^
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 20:30:03 UTC from web-
@lightningcrash Hi, how're things? ^_^
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 20:31:10 UTC from web-
@lilytheamazingfaintingpony Depends. Have you recieved any intercontinental mail recently?
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 20:33:26 UTC from web-
@lightningcrash funny you should say that. I had forgotten to check the mail today, and there it was. Reading it now.
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@lilytheamazingfaintingpony I have good timing. Knew it'd be there today or tomorrow. ;)
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 20:46:42 UTC from web
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