Re: FAQ on debian newcomer list

2006-03-03 Thread hendrik
On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 09:44:23AM -0500, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > > > The line between private posts and personal posts is very hazy. For > example, after solving his problem, if the OP wants to thank all the > authors who replies to his query, should he send personal replies to > them or s

Re: FAQ on debian newcomer list

2006-03-03 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
Richard Hector wrote: On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 00:49 -0500, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: I would appreciate any feedback/corrections/suggestions etc., (however trivial you think they are) on the following FAQ on debian-user. The final corrected version will be uploaded to http://people.cornell.

Re: FAQ on debian newcomer list

2006-03-02 Thread Mike McCarty
Richard Hector wrote: On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 00:49 -0500, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: I would appreciate any feedback/corrections/suggestions etc., (however trivial you think they are) on the following FAQ on debian-user. The final corrected version will be uploaded to http://people.cornell.edu

Re: FAQ on debian newcomer list

2006-03-02 Thread Richard Hector
On Wed, 2006-01-11 at 00:49 -0500, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > I would appreciate any feedback/corrections/suggestions etc., (however > trivial you think they are) on the following FAQ on debian-user. The > final corrected version will be uploaded to > http://people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/du-g

Re: FAQ on debian newcomer list

2006-01-12 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
Peter Stoddard wrote: On Tuesday 10 January 2006 09:49 pm, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: I would appreciate any feedback/corrections/suggestions etc., (however trivial you think they are) on the following FAQ on debian-user. The final corrected version will be uploaded to http://people.cornell.

Re: FAQ on debian newcomer list

2006-01-12 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
Miguel Enrique Cobá Martínez wrote: Q2. I think that google should be the first place to search and the first question to answer. Yes. But from a debian-user point of view, I think the language is also as important as googling. We can probably understand a post written in english (even if t

Re: FAQ on debian newcomer list

2006-01-12 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
Kent West wrote: kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: I would appreciate any feedback/corrections/suggestions etc., (however trivial you think they are) on the following FAQ on debian-user. Looks very good. Thanks. I just did a cut and paste job of some of the previous posts, from archives and re

Re: FAQ on debian newcomer list

2006-01-12 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
Cybe R. Wizard wrote: On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:49:02 -0500 kamaraju kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 1. First of all, if there is a newcomer list, think about who its subscribers will be. It will most probably be newcomers who are having some problems and need advice/suggestion

Re: FAQ on debian newcomer list

2006-01-11 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 10:00:11 -0800 Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Q3. It would be better to specify distributions by name (sarge, etch, > > sid) in order to better archive the post. You can search later for the > > problem and have a clue of what distribution they apply to. >

Re: FAQ on debian newcomer list

2006-01-11 Thread Peter Stoddard
On Tuesday 10 January 2006 09:49 pm, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > I would appreciate any feedback/corrections/suggestions etc., (however > trivial you think they are) on the following FAQ on debian-user. The > final corrected version will be uploaded to > http://people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/du-gu

Re: FAQ on debian newcomer list

2006-01-11 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:42:20 -0600 Miguel Enrique Cobá Martínez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cool, great work. A few thoughts: > > Q2. I think that google should be the first place to search and the > first question to answer. I agreem, though the wealth of information can be overwhelming to th

Re: FAQ on debian newcomer list

2006-01-11 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 01:50:52 -0500 Hal Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 11 January 2006 01:39 am, David Kirchner wrote: > > On 1/10/06, kamaraju kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I would appreciate any feedback/corrections/suggestions etc., (however > > > trivial you thi

Re: FAQ on debian newcomer list

2006-01-10 Thread Richard Lyons
On Wednesday, 11 January 2006 at 1:50:52 -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Wednesday 11 January 2006 01:39 am, David Kirchner wrote: > > On 1/10/06, kamaraju kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I would appreciate any feedback/corrections/suggestions etc., (however > > > trivial you think they

Re: FAQ on debian newcomer list

2006-01-10 Thread Hal Vaughan
On Wednesday 11 January 2006 01:39 am, David Kirchner wrote: > On 1/10/06, kamaraju kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would appreciate any feedback/corrections/suggestions etc., (however > > trivial you think they are) on the following FAQ on debian-user. The > > final corrected version w

Re: FAQ on debian newcomer list

2006-01-10 Thread Miguel Enrique Cobá Martínez
kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > I would appreciate any feedback/corrections/suggestions etc., (however > trivial you think they are) on the following FAQ on debian-user. The > final corrected version will be uploaded to > http://people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/du-guidelines.html . I am posting > the in

Re: FAQ on debian newcomer list

2006-01-10 Thread David Kirchner
On 1/10/06, kamaraju kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would appreciate any feedback/corrections/suggestions etc., (however > trivial you think they are) on the following FAQ on debian-user. The > final corrected version will be uploaded to > http://people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/du-guideli

Re: FAQ on debian newcomer list

2006-01-10 Thread Kent West
kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: I would appreciate any feedback/corrections/suggestions etc., (however trivial you think they are) on the following FAQ on debian-user. Looks very good. 5. As questions tend to be referred to debian-user and due to the dilemma of "appropriate mailing list to

Re: FAQ on debian newcomer list

2006-01-10 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:49:02 -0500 kamaraju kusumanchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. First of all, if there is a newcomer list, think about who its > subscribers will be. It will most probably be newcomers who are > having some problems and need advice/suggestions/pointers > etc., .

FAQ on debian newcomer list

2006-01-10 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
I would appreciate any feedback/corrections/suggestions etc., (however trivial you think they are) on the following FAQ on debian-user. The final corrected version will be uploaded to http://people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/du-guidelines.html . I am posting the initial version for your kind consi