On Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Gina Lanik wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 11:00:55 +1100, Mary Gardiner writes:
> [snipped]
> >I think that the reason there are men who answer is that they are
> >attracted to a help forum that doesn't have any of the RTFM bullshit
> >(which manual huh?). Only men who've been around Linux for a while know
> >this nastiness, the beginners go to more obvious routes for help than a
> >women's list, and only come to Linuxchix once they've been burned. By
> >then they know something, and want to help out newbies who are hurting.
>
> um, excuse me, maybe I didn't get your point but what is wrong about
> RTFM? I keep telling ppl on irc to do man this, man that, since the
> manuals mostly give the most decent/in-depth info... and can be more
> accurate than my description....
> </close-penny-jar>
There's nothing wrong with saying something like "That's explained in the
Linux-Foo-HOWTO at http://...", I think - the problem is when someone just
says "RTFM" - there's an awful lot of M out there, and it can be very hard
to find the right document for newbies!
James.
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