Patrick T. Berry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was noted to babble:
>A better manual may not help, as when I learned heathdos,cp/m, etc., I
>finally had to confer with the guru's in User Groups, when the web was
>Easylink, by Western Union. There will always be a place for a forum,
> and I think also one answer is small business support of LUG's is growing,
>and also be a focal point for newbies. I see Linux attracts the very best
>people, who are happy to work and contribute to the enlightenment. I
>am a pretty fair student at 51, but sometimes I just don't get it! Gotta
>have a tutor! Tried to read the minimum 10,000 pages, but reading just
>can't replace an install fest, hands-on training, and the mentoring here.
I read your original rant about Linux and frankly was wondering about you.
You had to have known that you were installing a Unix operating system. If
you didn't know what you were installing, then you shouldn't have gotten it.
If you did know that it was Unix, and you know nothing about Unix, then you
should have gone to a computer book store, or a book store like Barnes & Noble,
to get a book about Unix basics. There are plenty of them out there, which
explain the user shell (command.com in the DOS world) and the simple commands
to get you started.
The book that comes with the 4.2 and 5.0 RedHat Linux discs is an installation
manual, not a tutorial on Unix. Linux assumes that you know something about
Unix in the first place, be it right or wrong. If you know nothing about
Unix, get to the nearest store and get some books.
Do not blame the installation manual because you know nothing about the
operating system that you purchased. I consider that short-sighted. Blaming
someone for your short-comings is not very nice.
As pointed out, it would be nice for many of today's newcomers if Linux
had a friendlier user interface. But the world of today is becomming a
lot lazier.
I'm 49 and have been working with Unix for about 20 years, so it isn't new
to me, but I still learn new things about Unix all the time. It is a
continuing learning process as new things come along.
I've said my piece, I'll go climb back into my hole now.
MB
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