Er. I'm a GNU/Linux user myself and it is in my interest to see that the community produces good work and grows. Please don't take my criticism of the Introduction section in the wrong sense- I'm not trying to be a snob and trash the pieces of work that the community produces. Ofcourse, a huge amount of effort has gone into compiling this work. Needless to say, I appreciate the work that has gone into preparing this. All I'm doing is listing a few of my observations on the Introduction section. I'm sorry if I seem overly critical or condescending.
About my p.s, I'll maintain that "newbie Linux" tutorials suck. It's like I criticize GIt cheatsheets- they don't teach you a thing about Git, but supposedly claim to get you up and working in a few minutes. They exist because there's a demand for them. It's difficult to write good books- I passed out of school three years ago and I know what it is to be brought up being taught Turbo C++ from Sumita Arora. And then being taught C again in first year of college using books like "Let us C". They exist because it's a "quick-and-dirty" route- students don't want to break their heads over K&R, they simply want to pass the exam. My point is simple: I think there's a better way to teach the user how to user Linux. Use my email as an excuse to produce more pure and less `cookbook' work. I hope you'll use this example as an inspiration- I wrote it in my first year of college to teach my friends pointers in C: http://artagnon.com/static/cellophanesheet.pdf Best wishes. -- Artagnon (.com) _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
