Re: OT : RE: water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink.

2001-04-11 Thread Alan Shutko
D-Man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Would anyone like to provide a comparison of LaTeX and Docbook? > (without a flamewar of course). LaTeX: * Been around longer * Stable, ie changes little over the years * Extremely easy to set up (significantly because of above) * Well documented if you lik

Re: OT : RE: water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink.

2001-04-11 Thread D-Man
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 04:18:08PM -0400, D-Man wrote: | On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 01:59:02PM -0500, will trillich wrote: | | | wanna write up a vim intro at sourceForge.net/projects/newbiedoc/? | | Can I write it in LaTeX? I want to learn to use latex effectively. I just took a quick look, and I

Re: OT : RE: water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink.

2001-04-11 Thread D-Man
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 01:59:02PM -0500, will trillich wrote: | On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 01:07:02PM -0400, D-Man wrote: | > I think that an introduction that is easy for inexperienced people to | > start with would be a good thing. It should include references to | > more detailed/advanced documen

Re: OT : RE: water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink.

2001-04-11 Thread will trillich
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 01:07:02PM -0400, D-Man wrote: > I think that an introduction that is easy for inexperienced people to > start with would be a good thing. It should include references to > more detailed/advanced documentation and also mention the common > pitfalls or things to look out for

Re: OT : RE: water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink.

2001-04-11 Thread D-Man
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 03:27:04PM +0200, Joris Lambrecht wrote: | I personally think that this has to do with Debian more then with Linux | itself. Other linuxdistro's like RedHat, Mandrake, Corel are focusing on the | usability. Debian is more like a sysadmin tool. Maybe it simply lacks an | intr

OT : RE: water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink.

2001-04-11 Thread Joris Lambrecht
To really start a fire here ... I personally think that this has to do with Debian more then with Linux itself. Other linuxdistro's like RedHat, Mandrake, Corel are focusing on the usability. Debian is more like a sysadmin tool. Maybe it simply lacks an introduction wich is easy to find. Most of t