On Wed, 2 Oct 2002, Mark Seven Smith wrote: > There is so much to learn!
That is true, and also explains why learning Debian can be a bit overwhelming at times. It took me a about a year before I started to really feel comfortable with it. I have a few tips for you: * Become comfortable at understanding Bourne shell scripts. A lot of the Debian system is glued together with shell scripts, and you can learn a lot about the behaviour of Debian by reading them. For example, if you want to understand how XFree86 is "Debianised", then poke around in /etc/X11/ and try to understand what's going on there. * Patience. Debian is big and complex and has been put together by lots of very smart people over a period of about ten years. Don't expect that one person can easily understand it all. * Read the Debian policy manual. It will fill in a lot of the gaps. Andrew. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
