I'm not so sure I agree. I should preface the following with the fact that, although I am not newbie, I am certainly not an expert.
I think that there is something to be said for arming yourself with as much book knowledge as possible, especially when experience is lacking *before* you take on something like a new operating system. There is no shortage of printed material at any self respecting bookstore on any particular flavor/distro of Linux. Personally, I picked up a 3 inch thick book on RH 6.0 a few years ago that is still the first place I turn when I have questions or problems (and find a surprising amount of answers). Amazingly enough, it has an index, as do the vast majority of the other books you may find on bookstore shelves. It would certainly be nice if there was some magical place/program that had all of the answers, but, as evidenced by posts to this group, not even very experienced users will ever know *everything* about even a single distribution. Consequently, I suppose such a project would always be lacking. What is feasible, however, is to suggest that new users spend some real time attempting to read and understand their new system instead of just brute-forcing their way through it. Publishers such as O'Reilly take great pains to make certain that the digestability of their books meet certain standards, all for this reason. I understand the frustration of the article's author, but as with all other things in life, with knowledge comes power. I certainly would never have attempted to change the head gasket in my father's engine without some understanding of what I would be facing (Honda never even attempted to provide any information in the owner's manual). If you want to do it yourself, whether you are attempting to be your own sysadmin or car mechanic, fine manuals can make all the difference. As long as you read them... -Mike- --- Ray Bowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > *** On Tue, 12 Feb 2002 at 3:30pm Bruce Dawson shared this with the class:: > > > What appears to be a rather frustrated newbie posted the following > > article at the CentraLUG web site: > > > > http://www.centralug.org/article.php?sid=37 > > Anyone have ideas on how to help. I think he has a decent idea. Heck, if > it came down to it and someone wrote the logic I would type the content. > > Ray > > ------------------------------ > Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path > and leave a trail. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
