A Brady wrote:
>
> Then the other extreme is too many RTFM replies that usually relate to very
> hard to locate (for newer users) information. That usually becomes the
> result of too much traffic answering extremely simple questions followed by
> endless whining from people receiving more email than they like to get due
> to paying for time online, no time to read it all, or whatever.
>
I would agree with the hard to locate stuff. Or even worse dated or
conflicting information. The issue can be which FM to read :)
When I started with linux I can't tell you how much time I spent reading docs
I found on the internet only to find a new tool that was already installed on
my machine that simplified the task, or that the docs were about a version
that was updated several times and no longer applied. That said, I usually
stick with the docs on the machine first, man pages, info documentation, and
the /usr/doc/package stuff ( there can be a tremendous amount of info buried
in there with no way to know about it unless you look. At least this way I am
reading docs that (usually) refer to the installed software.
I try to give enough info in responses to gt someone started as well as a
pointer to where more information can be found.
Bret
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