Good point! If I read right, the title of this list begins with the word
"newbie", thus intimating a fundamental lack of knowledge of many who ask
questions here. It would be hoped that a newbie list would be patient and
understanding of those, who like myself, have just entered the world of
Linux and are trying to grasp its operation.
Reading Howto's and docs are fine, but what is often missing is a cohesive,
step-by-step tutorial on how to use the operating system. Especially for
users who are very new to computers, alot of hand holding is necessary.
I am glad that the person who first made the impatient and frustrated
response is not indicative of all on this list. After perusing it for about
10 days now, I have found that most of those who reply to questions are
patient and understanding. I certainly hope that it continues as I am
getting frustrated enough to try to post a question about my problem
printing from Mandrake to this list. BTW, before I post it, I have read
almost every Howto and have referred to several books on the subject to no
avail!
Just my .02!
Wendell Gragg
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph S. Gardner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2000 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Stupid questions
> Steven P Hull wrote:
>
> > If you people would read the documentation that comes with EVERY version
of
> > LINUX you could probably answer about 90 percent of the RE-ITERATED
stupid
> > questions that get asked. Get with the program people. Look in you
HOWTO's
> > that come on the CD's. They are also installed on your hard disk if you
> > told it to when you installed Linux.
> >
> > Steve
>
> Let's see, new machine, new hard drive, someone gave me this cute little
CD
> with linux written on it and said "If you need any help a great place to
look
> is [EMAIL PROTECTED]", and I thinks to my self "What a cool idea,
> thanks I'll try it."
> then I read something like the above and thinks to myself "What a sorry
bunch
> of self-centered pompous $%+&!@ ".
>
> Nice piece of penmanship. I wish I were perfect and knew everything about
> something new before I tried it, but since I'm not, thank God for the
> understanding people who populate this list ( OK, most of them anyway ).
I
> certainly hope that the attached message is not what we've become.
>
>
> --
> Joseph S. Gardner
> Senior Designer / Technical Support
> Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
