If anyone has a few links that they think every newbie should have read, please let me know and while I may not be able to package them, I'll definitesly host them.
Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian-User List <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 1:10 AM Subject: Re: Suggestion for Newbie Guide Lines > > Subject: Re: Suggestion for Newbie Guide Lines > Date: Tue, Jul 20, 1999 at 10:18:17PM +0200 > > In reply to:Colin Marquardt > > Quoting Colin Marquardt([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > * Stephan Engelke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > the most common problem I have encountered when suggesting Linux as an > > > OS to other people is, that even though there is a wealth of docs out > > > there, new users don't know where to look for them. Newbies need to be told > > > > Indeed. Going a slight bit astray from the original topic, I´d suggest > > to add a few lines to /etc/motd, like: > > > > "If you are a new user to Linux, you´ll want to read the New-User > > Guide. Do a `more /usr/share/doc/new-user-guide.txt'." > > > > This new-user-guide.txt would be a required package, and consist of > > just a few pointers to the most important information, and with the > > exact steps on how to read this information with a standard Debian > > installation. > > > > This would also help in reducing the traffic on this and other lists, > > IMO. > > > > Colin > > Very good idea, Colin. That would be _much_ better than a weekly > posting to the list! We would have to find a Maintainer to package > it, of course. > > That gets my Vote! > > Wayne > -- > Press CTRL-ALT-DEL to continue.... > _______________________________________________________ > Wayne T. Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
