[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> read for those who have little familiarlity with Linux. Personally, I
> don't think either of those resources were of any help to me until I was
> at least 3 months in, and I had a pretty solid background in general
> computing concepts, and the willingness to spend a lot of time reading this
> stuff.
how long did it take you to learn to read&write? were books helpful
since the beginning? some things are just not simple and take some
time... (and yes, some things in linux are unneccessarily complicated)
> I guess my point is that people who just brush off requests for help and
> say, "the man pages and HOWTOs should be good enough", are avoiding the
nobody said that. everybody ackowledged that the documentation needs
work... (just like the rest of the linux)
erik