Re: [SLUG] Re: howtos are too hard was

[Jon Biddell]

At 12:02 AM 5/31/00, David wrote:

>Speaking as someone who is not a computer professional, the biggest
>bugbear of howto's and doco's generally is assumed knowledge.
>
>Of this, the worst part is acronyms. Imagine someone who has no idea what
>an rpm is, or ppp, or chap, or the zillions of others. In fact (from
>experience) it is often very hard to find even index entries, much less
>detail descriptions of many of these acronyms or abreviations.
>
>I believe that most geeks and guru's forget that they are not part of the
>normal conversation of humans.

This was exactly my point - a real "SLUG Dummies Guide to x" type series, 
or even scripted install scripts (do I sound like Rex Mossop ??)...

Have a look on the www.linux.ie site for some of their sendmail and qmail 
install scripts - they're a good start.

Jon

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