On 07/21/2018 11:42 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
When I'm "ignorant" and know it, I refer to myself as a "newbie".
My first contact with Linux was when Squeeze was just introduced.
I've been around computers for a while [remember 12AX7 based CPU's?]. As
a BSEE student 50+ years ago I took an introductory programming course.
Later I programmed in 8080 assembler - at the time we were moving to
8085. As a consumer I ended up in the M$ land.
So, how would this group have me to refer to myself without claiming
competency I just *DO NOT* have?
Wizard. With that many years of experience in computers in general, I
think you earned at least that much. Actually, IMHO the answer should be
"Whatever the hell you want to call yourself." :) IOW, it's entirely up
to you.
If you are trying to find a label that everyone can understand you by,
well, I don't know if labels really work that well since many people
have many views on what a certain label even means.
What I do is try to briefly mention (if it's even necessary) that I have
a lot of experience using Linux but am stumped on a certain problem as I
don't often deal with that situation. No harm in that, I think. After
all, Linux stuff is so vast that not everyone can know every single
thing about it. Thus why we have these groups. :)
I've been programming for 35+ years myself. And been there when dial-up
BBSs were a thing (I am sure you remember those) even before there was
such a thing as "Internet".
P.S. I've saved ~6 years of useful posts from this group. I've been
trying to figure out how to organize it in order to create a QWSBFA
rather than a FAQ. QWSBFA=="Questions Which Should Be Frequently Asked" ;/
OWL ducks fer cover ;}
I assume you mean for your own computer (since anyone can use Google to
search the lists).
Try CherryTree. I use that program for everything. It's cross-platform.
I download it from the web site instead of using the version in the
Debian Repo as the latest version fixes some annoying bugs (of which I
kinda forgot what but would quickly be reminded if I used the repo version).
I think that would be useful for categorizing questions and you can even
search through them. If you want to save to PDF or HTML, it can export
to those formats as well.
I've used CherryTree for everything from keeping code snippets to
installation instructions to writing up tutorials (and exporting to HTML).
