On Nov 28, 2011, at 11:26 AM, Piotr Wydymus wrote: > At first, hello everyone - I subscribed yesterday.
Hi, Piotr, and welcome. > Sorry, but manpages are long, complicated and discouraging for newbies. No, manpages aren't for newbies. But they aren't for oldbies either -- they're intended as reminders for when you already know what a command is for, but can't quite remember the correct syntax. They're great for that, but can be less than optimal for learning. > It's definitely better to recommend some simple web guide first. What > develops curiosity in linux word is success IMO. I've learned a lot from Martin Krafft's book, "The Debian System." It's not a website, and it's a little long in the tooth, but it has a lot of good info on the apt/dpkg/.deb collection (among other things). Apt doesn't seem to have changed significantly since the book was written. -- Glenn English -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
