There is a mailing list for Linux Newbies
I think it is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
put "subscribe" in the body of the email.
Of course I would agree with Brian and say this would be the best place, a lot more activity, and plenty of people who know plenty.
-Brad
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Ashe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 5:13 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Mailing lists for new born newbies
>
>
> Ken,
>
> On Tuesday 08 January 2002 07:12, you babbled something about:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there a mailing list for the very extremely
> inexperienced Linux users.
>
> This would seem as good a place as any. Though there is also the
> redhat-install-list. You can find all the related Red Hat lists at
> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/
>
> > I have recently installed my first copy of Red Hat 7.0 and
> not everything
> > is perfect. For instance I cannot seem to get it to find my
> (internal)
> > modem. So I have to do any WWW investigations using this
> (Win98) machine.
> > (I am using one machine as exclusively Linux and one as Win98.)
>
> Well, we might need a little more info to help you out there.
> There is a
> strong possibility that you have what is commonly called a
> "winmodem". They
> can be a substantial hurdle to overcome.
>
> You may want to point out what kind of modem you have or go
> try to determine
> if it is one by going to http://www.linmodems.org/ They have
> a great deal of
> info about them and how to determine if you have one and if
> you stand a
> chance at getting it to work.
>
> If you find you do have one, you may want to consider an
> external as they are
> usually "hardware" modems, not dependant on proprietary M$ extensions.
>
> > The mailing list doesn't seem to be the place to address
> this sort of
> > "simple" question! Where is the right place, please?
>
> After watching, 30-40 messages about Ford Mustangs a few
> months back, you
> couldn't possibly be too far off topic with an actual
> computer question. ;)
>
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