On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 10:09:58PM +1100, Damon Muller wrote: > Quoth Ignasi Tura, > > Let's see if we continue this way or we just split (I suggest > > debian-novice if there's the case). > > Splits have been proposed countless times in the past, and it's always > been concluded that it wouldn't work. If we started a debian-novice, who > would hang around to answer questions?
last week's newbies would delight in being able to answer questions intelligently. i certainly have! :) it certainly lends a level of satisfaction knowing that you're sparing someone else the frustration you just went through to do your simple little task... > Interestingly, this increase has come at the same time as web sites like > debianplanet and debianhelp. Maybe if more people knew about these > resources (and more of us knowledgable folks contributes to them), the > reliance, and traffic, on this list would decrease. you betcha! http://www.debianplanet.com/ http://www.debianhelp.com/ -- There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison. --William Glasser [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** http://www.dontUthink.com/ u otta volunteer to document your experience for next week's newbies -- http://www.eGroups.com/messages/newbieDoc