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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.
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@nlghtmaremoon Step one of hacking is realising that basically nobody calls it hacking.
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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.
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@ceruleanspark Step two is defining hacking, since "hacking" could honestly mean anything in the computer world.
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@ceruleanspark So all those cyberpunk novels I read are not teaching me to hack? William Gibson, you have deceived me!
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@ceruleanspark Thats like step 3 after don't tell the world, and don't use youtube as a guide.
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@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.
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@eaglehooves Eh, he had to start somewhere.
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@redenchilada You got one word right.
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@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".
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@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
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@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.
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@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.
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@eaglehooves That *is* his goal. He wants to learn stuff he shouldn't. He is just starting with figuring out his own pc first.
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@lilytheamazingfaintingpony #hugs Hay buddy. ^.^
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@lightningcrash Hi, how're things? ^_^
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@lilytheamazingfaintingpony Depends. Have you recieved any intercontinental mail recently?
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@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. ;)
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