On Mon,27.Apr.09, 10:24:39, H.S. wrote: > Sure there is, but one has to keep the audience in mind. A beginner or a > person just starting to find introductory information regarding current > linux distros and related applications and programs is best served by > google (the search is very fast and reasonably efficient) as an initial > step. If one did not have today's web search engines at his disposal, it > would take much longer to start getting comfortable with an OS.
I agree search engines are a very good resource, but one has to be careful with the information as sometimes the solutions found are plain wrong. Of course, a reference manual can also contain mistakes (or is just outdated), but there usually is a way to contact the author to correct it. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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