Re: Troubleshooting (was "Re: DEBIAN 1.2 DISKETTE PROBLEMS UPDATE")

1997-01-16 Thread tomk
Syrus Nemat-Nasser writes: [snip] > read it. Please don't feel concerned that this list is too technical for > the simpler questions. All of us were new to Linux and Debian at one > time. IMHO, the best thing that a "newbie" can do is RTFM when they can The problem with RTFM is sometime the

Re: Troubleshooting (was "Re: DEBIAN 1.2 DISKETTE PROBLEMS UPDATE")

1997-01-15 Thread Andrew Martin Adrian Cater
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Daniel S. Barclay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >> From: "Mark W. Blunier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Maybe we should start a new mailing list, debian-dumb-questions. >> It would cut my traffic down from debian-user. > >Should there be a debian-newbie? > >(I don't k

Re: Troubleshooting (was "Re: DEBIAN 1.2 DISKETTE PROBLEMS UPDATE")

1997-01-15 Thread Nathan L. Cutler
> "Keith" == Keith Leonard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Keith> The only dumb question is the one not asked. Maybe a newbie Keith> list should be setup so that these questions won't bother Keith> the people that are tired of answering the same old stuff Keith> (which isn't old to

Re: Troubleshooting (was "Re: DEBIAN 1.2 DISKETTE PROBLEMS UPDATE")

1997-01-14 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
On Mon, 13 Jan 1997, Daniel S. Barclay wrote: > > > From: "Mark W. Blunier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Maybe we should start a new mailing list, debian-dumb-questions. > > It would cut my traffic down from debian-user. > > Should there be a debian-newbie? The problem with such a list would be

Re: Troubleshooting (was "Re: DEBIAN 1.2 DISKETTE PROBLEMS UPDATE")

1997-01-14 Thread Richard G. Roberto
On Mon, 13 Jan 1997, Daniel S. Barclay wrote: > > > From: "Mark W. Blunier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Maybe we should start a new mailing list, debian-dumb-questions. > > It would cut my traffic down from debian-user. > > Should there be a debian-newbie? Newbie questions should be asked on d

Re: Troubleshooting (was "Re: DEBIAN 1.2 DISKETTE PROBLEMS UPDATE")

1997-01-14 Thread Keith Leonard
Howdy, Here's my two cents worth: The only dumb question is the one not asked. Maybe a newbie list should be setup so that these questions won't bother the people that are tired of answering the same old stuff (which isn't old to the newbie trying desperately to get his (or her) system running. O

Re: Troubleshooting (was "Re: DEBIAN 1.2 DISKETTE PROBLEMS UPDATE")

1997-01-14 Thread Michael Stutz
On Mon, 13 Jan 1997, Daniel S. Barclay wrote: > > From: "Mark W. Blunier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Maybe we should start a new mailing list, debian-dumb-questions. > > It would cut my traffic down from debian-user. > > Should there be a debian-newbie? Maybe debian-setup? debian-help? What's

Re: Troubleshooting (was "Re: DEBIAN 1.2 DISKETTE PROBLEMS UPDATE")

1997-01-14 Thread Daniel S. Barclay
> From: "Mark W. Blunier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Maybe we should start a new mailing list, debian-dumb-questions. > It would cut my traffic down from debian-user. Should there be a debian-newbie? (I don't know how much debian-user is new-user questions and how much it's other stuff.) Daniel

Re: Troubleshooting (was "Re: DEBIAN 1.2 DISKETTE PROBLEMS UPDATE")

1997-01-11 Thread Mark W. Blunier
> Joseph> I really do appreciate the > Joseph> help that incompetents like me can get from more expert > Joseph> individuals -- but how do we get to be able to fix stuff > Joseph> for ourselves ??? > > That's a very interesting question. I've often found myself getting > despera

Troubleshooting (was "Re: DEBIAN 1.2 DISKETTE PROBLEMS UPDATE")

1997-01-10 Thread Nathan L. Cutler
> "Joseph" == Joseph L Hartmann, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Joseph> I really do appreciate the Joseph> help that incompetents like me can get from more expert Joseph> individuals -- but how do we get to be able to fix stuff Joseph> for ourselves ??? That's a very interesting