RE: [expert] Re: Human centric computers (was: I like cups)

2001-03-14 Thread Daryl Johnson
Is there a chance you guys could take this discussion to a more suitable forum please? There must be some linux advocacy groups in alt. or comp. regards Daryl Johnson Proplan Associates [...]

Re: [expert] Re: Human centric computers (was: I like cups)

2001-03-14 Thread Gerry
[Daryl Johnson] Is there a chance you guys could take this discussion to a more suitable forum please? There must be some linux advocacy groups in alt. or comp. I think this discussion fits well in this list.. Linux "experts" should gather together and DO something about this, and this is

Re: [expert] Re: Human centric computers (was: I like cups)

2001-03-13 Thread Gerry
The solution seems simple to me: Set up a place on the web where linux users can post their problem _solutions_, and have a team working behind the scenes to organize the lot into an easy-accessible faq. This faq can be a supplement to all the howto's, man's, info's etc. for now, and over time

Re: [expert] Re: Human centric computers (was: I like cups)

2001-03-13 Thread Jerry Sternesky
I for one will agree that the documentation that ships with programs and distributions could be better, with my one major complaint with man pages are they do not allways include an example. Take sox for example, the man page is very informative about what the program is, what it can do and

Re: [expert] Re: Human centric computers (was: I like cups)

2001-03-13 Thread tony K.
At 23:12 12-03-01 -0600 some list member(s) wrote: largely due to the number of core components... This, to me, is the key! Just what are the core components? In Linux World, there is simply no fence between the core and the periphery (bone and meat, court and yard...). Or, in our paradigm,

Re: [expert] Re: Human centric computers (was: I like cups)

2001-03-13 Thread Jeff Malka
to find out why the box isn't working. Exactly! You are describing my situation. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: David Rankin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 12:12 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Re: H

Re: [expert] Re: Human centric computers (was: I like cups)

2001-03-12 Thread tony K.
At 07:21 12-03-01 -0500 some list member(s) wrote: My 2 cents worth as well. I am using cups with Mandrake 7.2/Samba 2.07. It works great. I have no idea how I got it to work, it just works. Ah, there is the problem. Anything is great when it works. Problem is when it does not work and

Re: [expert] Re: Human centric computers (was: I like cups)

2001-03-12 Thread David Rankin
"tony K." wrote: At 07:21 12-03-01 -0500 some list member(s) wrote: My 2 cents worth as well. I am using cups with Mandrake 7.2/Samba 2.07. It works great. I have no idea how I got it to work, it just works. Ah, there is the problem. Anything is great when it works. Problem is when