The Debian Jones Project: "Linux Literacy" vs. "Linux Mastery" | Linux Today

The Debian Jones Project: “Linux Literacy” vs. “Linux Mastery”

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 17, 2005

[ Thanks to Debian
Jones
for this link. ]

One aspect of the world of Linux that I believe differs from
Windows is a much larger gap between what I shall call ‘literacy’
and ‘mastery.’ The tension this creates is always there, but I
think it needs to be defined so that we can address it better.

“Linux is a much bigger world to master than Windows, because it
gives the knowledgable user much more freedom and power…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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