Yes, this was a great explanation. Thanks! And my apologies to Eric: my response was intended to be good-natured, but in re-reading it, I guess it actually looks pretty hostile. Unfortunately, I didn't really make my point clear. I didn't mean to try to defend my "dumb question", or even to defend myself personally. My reaction was to the people who are glad that Linux isn't too easy, because they enjoy the challenge. Adversity builds character, I guess.
If you like to do things the hard way, then fine. But it doesn't really mean that you're more intelligent or more knowledgeable than people who click a few buttons in a GUI to accomplish the same thing. Most of us just don't like spending our leisure time editing files in the /etc directory or browsing through the kernel headers. We're not asking to be "spoon-fed" or to be freed from the burden of thinking; we're just looking for the most efficient way to do what we want to do. Thanks to everyone who replied helpfully. Now, can someone please tell me which package contains the HOWTOs in HTML format? :-) - Kris -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 11, 1999 2:35 PM To: Kirk Hogenson Cc: Kristopher Johnson; debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: BE MORE SIMPLE!!!! Kirk Hogenson wrote: [incredibly helpful explanation snipped] > > I hope this helps, and good luck getting your sound card working. > And please ask here if you run into problems. You are immune to > "What a dumb question" attacks if you've read the Howto. :) > > Kirk I'm not part of this thread, but I just wanted to say that Kirk's explanation is EXCELLENT! It's got non-technospeak explanations; it's got a couple of simple real-world examples; it's just a great document. This is what a lot of newbies want (and even some of us semi-newbies).