On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Oliver Elphick wrote: > > ------- Forwarded Message > > From: "brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Tempo
> Debian Documentation is too slow. > Why? -- because most humans have a natural proclivity to freeload from other members of society rather than contribute to the common weal. Less freeloading; more contributing: would speed things up. > GNU wants people to use the distribution but is unable to provide = > distribution specific information. > Why? [ see previous remark ] > And where can I find Info on how to install, configure, etc. new = > packages/programs on Debian??? The documents on 'dpkg' are atrociously = > verbose and technical. You've obviously found some information. But not at the level *you* would like. So -- would you care to write your own version to share with others who need the same level of non-verbosity and technical simplicity? It would be appreciated -- by them, and by others. (Of course, if you'd prefer to devote your writing time to producing whingeing letters ... ) > All I want to know is how to install/uninstall programs without making a = > mess. "Yeah; I had the same problem with Unix systems administration. All I wanted to know was how to administer a Unix system; but people kept snowing me under with all this guff about command lines, shells and directories, and users and compilers and libraries and stuff. That's not what I want. I just wanna know how to run a Unix system." A suggestion -- have you tried www.microsoft.com? They specialize in pre-digested pap for button-pushers -- no questions asked; no questions answered. Sincerely, -- Martin Wheeler - StarTEXT, Glastonbury, Somerset, England - BA6 9PH [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.startext.co.uk/
