On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 22:10:14 +0200, Piero wrote: > But the answer condained an even more useful suggestion: "read the > docs". And here is where my thread joins the "debian" thread. > > I have actually choosen Debian because of its reputation of being a > rather spartiate distribution.
Linux From Scratch <--- that's funny [automatic installation] > (even though I thing it can be useful for people who have to install the > system in a very repetitive way, and even though I'm certain that Linux > will not conquer a large share of users unless such authomatic > installation becomes possible). This is true for the home market. In the business section, I imagine Linux has a better chance. First because of the servers, second because usually all boxes are configured by an admin anyway. > (An example: which document would have told me that such a protocol like > ImPS/2 existed? Which basic document would hav led me to such document?) I honestly don't know where I found out about IMPS/2 (that was before my Debian time), but a good starting point is the Debian Reference. It is contained in the package debian-reference and includes a few typical new-user problems. > I'm perfectly aware of the voluteer character of the wholeDebian > enterprise (and this is one of the reasons why I love Debian), and I > would volunteer myself in this field, If I felt competent enough (which > is not the case for the moment). Writing docs is a good contribution :-) Maybe you could turn some of your experiences into guide documents. The documentation for some OS projects is in a really sad state. > Piero. > > --------------020409020908030804010708 Content-Type: text/html; > charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> And please turn HTML off :-) -- Best Regards, | Hi! I'm a .signature virus. Copy me into Sebastian | your ~/.signature to help me spread! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
