Re: offline docs

2011-11-14 Thread g
On 11/15/2011 05:54 AM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 11/14/2011 08:20 PM, g wrote: >> so, in closing, my apoligies for 'flaming your butt'. 8-) > > I didn't realize that you were. Next time let me know. lol. ok. fair enough. -- peace out. tc.hago, g . *please reply "plain text" only. "html text"

Re: offline docs

2011-11-14 Thread Joe Zeff
On 11/14/2011 08:20 PM, g wrote: > so, in closing, my apoligies for 'flaming your butt'. 8-) I didn't realize that you were. Next time let me know. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/

Re: offline docs

2011-11-14 Thread Linux Tyro
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Especially 3.1 and 3.17 > I don't see any problem in politely informing those "new members" and > "new to Linux" of the standard practice of this list. Definitely good thing, I apprecia

Re: offline docs

2011-11-14 Thread Linux Tyro
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > You were thanking somebody for sending you some links.  Quoting the > links themselves was sufficient to give context; quoting the entire post > was redundant. Really sorry, but my way of saying thanks is that, however, it depends on person to p

Re: offline docs

2011-11-14 Thread g
On 11/15/2011 12:23 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 11/15/2011 05:34 AM, g wrote: >> who the hell died and made you list moderator. >> [that is a comment, not a question.] > > I know this wasn't in reference to me, in particular. But, I was going > to point out to the OP what is at the foot of all mes

Re: offline docs

2011-11-14 Thread g
On 11/14/2011 09:49 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 11/14/2011 01:34 PM, g wrote: >> who the hell died and made you list moderator. >> [that is a comment, not a question.] > > What ever made you think that only a list's moderator is permitted to > ask members of the list to observe common netiquette, or

Re: offline docs

2011-11-14 Thread Ed Greshko
On 11/15/2011 05:34 AM, g wrote: > who the hell died and made you list moderator. > [that is a comment, not a question.] I know this wasn't in reference to me, in particular. But, I was going to point out to the OP what is at the foot of all messages on this mailing list. http://fedoraproject.or

Re: offline docs

2011-11-14 Thread Joe Zeff
On 11/14/2011 02:51 PM, Linux Tyro wrote: > Sufficient for what...? Didn't get you...! You were thanking somebody for sending you some links. Quoting the links themselves was sufficient to give context; quoting the entire post was redundant. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.

Re: offline docs

2011-11-14 Thread Linux Tyro
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > I was referring to the long quote ABOVE the links which had no reason being > in your reply. Those were good links, I guess. -- THX -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://ad

Re: offline docs

2011-11-14 Thread Linux Tyro
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 3:34 PM, g wrote: > learning linux is not a 3 or 4 day adventure. it takes time. and, you did > ask for "from scratch". > if you want an 'all in one' source, go with "Rute". it is very thorough and > the html version is only a 1.5 meg gzip download. i can not comment on t

Re: offline docs

2011-11-14 Thread Linux Tyro
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > Most of that 10K of text wasn't the links. I agree. > Quoting them, and only them would have been sufficient. Sufficient for what...? Didn't get you...! -- THX -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change

Re: offline docs

2011-11-14 Thread Joe Zeff
On 11/14/2011 01:34 PM, g wrote: > who the hell died and made you list moderator. > [that is a comment, not a question.] What ever made you think that only a list's moderator is permitted to ask members of the list to observe common netiquette, or to trim redundant material from their replies?

Re: offline docs

2011-11-14 Thread g
On 11/14/2011 07:23 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 11/14/2011 11:13 AM, Linux Tyro wrote: >> ;).., the meaning of that 'THANKS' is that: I would have to go through >> the links and see and start learning linux from zeroth level... to 'linux tyro', learning linux is not a 3 or 4 day adventure. it takes

Re: offline docs

2011-11-14 Thread Joe Zeff
On 11/14/2011 11:13 AM, Linux Tyro wrote: > ;).., the meaning of that 'THANKS' is that: I would have to go through > the links and see and start learning linux from zeroth level... Most of that 10K of text wasn't the links. Quoting them, and only them would have been sufficient. -- users mailin

Re: offline docs

2011-11-14 Thread Linux Tyro
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > I would just say "THANKS". > > 10K of quoted text with one line at the bottom. Please don't do that > again. ;).., the meaning of that 'THANKS' is that: I would have to go through the links and see and start learning linux from zeroth level...

Re: offline docs

2011-11-14 Thread Joe Zeff
On 11/14/2011 07:17 AM, Linux Tyro wrote: > I would just say "THANKS". 10K of quoted text with one line at the bottom. Please don't do that again. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/u

Re: offline docs

2011-11-14 Thread Linux Tyro
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 8:11 AM, g wrote: On 11/14/2011 09:48 AM, suvayu ali wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 09:30, Linux Tyro wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> can one let me know about the excellent offline docs to learn linux from > >> scratch? > --- > > as mentioned, for fedora; > > > If you want

Re: offline docs

2011-11-14 Thread g
On 11/14/2011 09:48 AM, suvayu ali wrote: > On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 09:30, Linux Tyro wrote: >> Hi, >> >> can one let me know about the excellent offline docs to learn linux from >> scratch? --- as mentioned, for fedora; > If you want to learn more about how to administer/manage your machine, >

Re: offline docs

2011-11-14 Thread Linux Tyro
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 3:48 AM, suvayu ali wrote: Depending on what you want to learn: > > man > info or pinfo > > (lets say you want to learn about your shell and you use bash, then > the is bash) > > That said, man or info documentation pages can be sometimes very > information dense and di

Re: offline docs

2011-11-14 Thread suvayu ali
On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 09:30, Linux Tyro wrote: > Hi, > > can one let me know about the excellent offline docs to learn linux from > scratch? > Depending on what you want to learn: man info or pinfo (lets say you want to learn about your shell and you use bash, then the is bash) That said