Kevin Mark wrote:
Hi Greg,
I read a blog post which I think can enlighten the 'I googled and found
nothing' issue. The post pointed out that two people google differently
because not all of us have the same 'skill' at it. Thus if you google
and get the answer, it is because you may have more 'googling skills'.
This skill may be proportional to your Debian skill and thus the more you
use Debian, the better your ability to find the answer and the better
you can use Debian. It may be useful to show folks what query was used
by you and compare it to the one the confused party used, in the same
way you should ask for the output of a command like 'route' for
comparison with a network problem.
Cheers,
Kev
Should we let people in on one of the big Google-Fu secrets?
The super-secret "+" character can raise your Google-Fu by many skill
levels.
:-)
There's also the ultra-big-secret (LOL!) http://google.com/linux URL set
up by the deep-cover Linux/Google gurus.
(Ha, yes... I'm joking about the secret part.)
Nate
(The "+" is a modifier for Google that allows you to give Google TWO
terms to search for together, usually a better result than just a few
words and a single topic. topic 1 + topic 2 type of thing. "rsync" +
"Debian Sarge", you know... that sort of thing. Try it out, you'll get
addicted to it quickly.)
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