I'm just over a month into Debian and have hassled the list with lots of my configuration problems. That being said, the conversion from Mandrake to Debian was relatively painless and I actually preferred the very interactive Debian approach; and am slowly discovering that almost all the information I need to sort out my problems is sitting here inside my box. RTFM remains some of the best advice around, though sometimes it helps to be told where TFM IS!
What I need (not a complete newbie but not an expert by any means) is actually some help finding a path through the documentation; perhaps a list of the docs that would be most helpful to a beginner trying to, say, compile a kernel, or configure sound, sort out X or set up a small network. Part of the fascination of any kind of Linux is figuring it out and getting under the bonnet (as we say over here); but some guidance as to where the helpful bits of the docs are would help a lot. If it is in fact there and I've utterly missed both it and the point........ Many thanks for help received thus far. Debian is terrific - wouldn't change back! Glyn M -- ****************************************************** * "The soul is greater than the hum of its parts. " * * Douglas Hoftstatder * ******************************************************