On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 08:24, Gene Barker wrote: > I am a new linux user, about a month. I need your help, speaking to > the “newbie” group. > > I joined this group in hopes of learning more of linux and solutions > to problems I may have. I have been inundated with emails from our > group, most of them not very useful. May I request 2 things. > > 1. Limit or eliminate political or philosophical discussions from > this channel. Let’s use it as a tool to learn of linux. > 2. The answers to legitimate questions are sometimes cryptic and > hard for me to follow. A little more information or a way to > follow the conversation would be helpful to me. Any > suggestions would be appreciated. > Cordially, > Gene Barker
Gene, welcome. One thing you might want to do is to turn on "message threading" in your email client (if you can) - it helps to discern between what is a random message and what is a "conversation" - or threaded discussion. Anyways, what can we do for you? -- Wed Jul 23 12:35:00 EST 2003 12:35:00 up 9 days, 4:38, 2 users, load average: 0.36, 0.19, 0.17 ----------------------------------------------------------------- | __ __ |kuhn media australia | | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ----------------------------------------------------------------- linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ & RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 ----------------------------------------------------------------- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Love is in the offing. Be affectionate to one who adores you.
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