On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 01:07:02PM -0400, D-Man wrote: > I think that an introduction that is easy for inexperienced people to > start with would be a good thing. It should include references to > more detailed/advanced documentation and also mention the common > pitfalls or things to look out for. Explaining in simplistic terms > the basic organziation of the system seems to be the part that is most > lacking.
http://sourceForge.net/projects/newbiedoc/ > I am in favor of creating a document that introduces the concept and > organization of a Debian system with pointers to common situations and > more advanced documentation. I think sprinkling it with funny stories > of our own blunders will help show newbies what can go wrong, how to > solve it, and that they aren't the only ones to mess up. we need you at newbiedoc. c'mon over! > ATTN all newbies : feel free to post any questions to the list. I > actually enjoy helping (when I can), but don't be a whiner when the > system can't read your mind -- instead post all information you think > is relevant and be polite. :-) any questions at all. someone will know just a bit more than you do, and be delighted that they can put that knowledge to work for someone else. (keeps them from having to sweep up loose hairs, too.) > My opinion was that Unix was ancient and Windows far exceeded it. > Shows how much I knew ;-). unix is ancient (not that there's anything wrong with that). at least you got that part right. > I wrote this story in hopes that someone would enjoy reading it and > get a good laugh at my initial perception of Unix (Solaris) and vi. I > now consider (g)vim to be the most superior editor and use it for my > daily work (I have tried emacs, and emacs fans are welcome to it > <wink>). i think vim is abominable, deplorable and inconsiderate. it uses modes for this, modes for that... and i wouldn't ever consider using anything else. wanna write up a vim intro at sourceForge.net/projects/newbiedoc/? -- americans should never read anything so subversive as what's at http://www.salon.com/people/col/pagl/2001/03/21/spring/index1.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sourceforge.net/projects/newbiedoc -- we need your brain! http://www.dontUthink.com/ -- your brain needs us!
