X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <48650791.1050502@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:30:25 +0800 From: Zheng Li User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Fwd: md5sum using Cygwin in Windows References: <85bc5e0a0806230214v72b2f28aoc6fa700521d4af1f@mail.gmail.com> <85bc5e0a0806231440m5cfa1b53q9dbb63cfba616bf0@mail.gmail.com> <85bc5e0a0806231442r2eab9420q957f2a08a269875a@mail.gmail.com> <20080623231750.GB10962@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <85bc5e0a0806241743l685957bge6f13cf8d39d9c26@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <85bc5e0a0806241743l685957bge6f13cf8d39d9c26@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Ben wrote: > "The project is geared towards people who understand a UNIX(tm) > environment. If that isn't you, then it's hard to see why you're > dabbling with Ubuntu." > > If I don't understand UNIX, then it's hard to see why I'm dabbling > with Ubuntu? Is that a mistype? Did you mean to say that it's easy to > see why I'm dabbling with Ubuntu, as it is generally thought to be a > newbie-friendly distro? Is there a more approachable way to understand > UNIX? > > It's no wonder that Linux has roughly 1% desktop market share with > that sort of attitude. Unfortunately, Ubuntu doesn't even display > right on my laptop, so it'll be a while yet before I do understand > Linux. > > - B > > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Christopher Faylor > wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 02:42:49PM -0700, Ben wrote: >> >>> Removed my HTML to send this off... >>> >> It is not important for anyone to know this. >> >> >>> The Ubuntu help says that if you download Cygwin (link: >>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM), you can follow the >>> Linux directions. I'm using the Cygwin shell and it is not working. I >>> downloaded the file to C. I type: >>> >>> cd C:\ >>> >>> So far, so good. The (zippied) file ubutuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso is >>> sitting in C:\. So I type: >>> >>> md5sum ubutuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso >>> >>> "No such file or directory." >>> >>> Ah well. Cygwin does not seem to be a very newbie-friendly >>> application. "Help cd" offers one a starkly technical little >>> paragraph. Incidentally, how does one even go to the Desktop directory >>> (which lies at C:\Documents and Settings\Ben\Desktop for me) with >>> Cygwin? Whenever you put in a space, Cygwin seems to reject it. >>> >> Hmm. Just got a similar question on irc a while ago. >> >> Cygwin doesn't use : or \. Use: >> >> cd "/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/Ben/Desktop" >> >> And, btw, your "newbie-friendly" comment shows that you apparently have >> no idea what Cygwin is and possibly have no idea what Linux is all >> about. The project is geared towards people who understand a UNIX(tm) >> environment. If that isn't you, then it's hard to see why you're >> dabbling with Ubuntu. >> >> cgf >> >> >> > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > Well, if you use linux system in a MS windows style where clicking buttons can almost solve everything, then you may waste of your valuable times and totally loss your confidence on Linux. You need to read a book and just learn it, like what you do in other computer lessons. Linux expects you as a master and this assumption may be harmful to newbies. Fortunately, after a shape learning line, you can control your linux system to do lots of things windows can't do. Yours Zheng -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/