I am subscribed, no need to Cc. Am Dienstag, 5. Juni 2012 schrieb terryc: > On 05/06/12 03:55, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > >> I know this will be a rather difficult thing to answer I think, but > >> are there any generic steps > > Nope. It really depends on the error/problem. > The beauty of *nix is that it is compartmentalised and rarely does a > problem in one "cause" a problem in another. > > It is basically a matter of experience leading you/or hinting to, the > correct area.
You responded to someone else. I did not write this. I find this quite confusing and myself always only respond to the first level of quoting. Thus for me this would have been two response posts. > > I am not aware of anything available that is able to replace the own > > ability to *think*. You have a brain. Use it! > > Blunt, but typical of the Debian community. Why? I really do think that. I am not aware of any do this or do this howto which replaces the own thinking about a problem. And above replying to someone else you do not think there are generic steps. Without generic steps one needs to think… thats at least my oppinion. And even with Cut & Paste HOWTOs one needs to think. > > Aside from that there is the Debian Reference and lots of other > > excellent documentation and books about Debian. > > One day I might find those. The Reference is easy to find. Good books? I think there are some. But I am not aware of one which doesn´t require a clear will to learn new concepts. Linux/UNIX is not Windows. And Debian even may have a higher learning curve as other Linux distribution as it doesn´t try to hide that fact. I am not sure how a book could work around that. > > or some other good book while gaining your own experience by > > practically using and administering Debian systems. > > I've told O'Reilly that their books are rather useless for trouble > shooting or learning for the average person. In what way is this related to the two books I mentioned? Did you even have a look at them. None of it is published by O'Reilly. > Personally, lurking in a list like this and reading the problems, > suggestions and solutions will teach you an enormous amount of > practical problem solving. Yes, I agree with that. -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201206051044.10087.mar...@lichtvoll.de