On Thu, Oct 05, 2000 at 09:42:13PM +0100, Glyn Millington wrote: > > I'm just over a month into Debian and have hassled the list with > lots of my configuration problems. That being said, the > conversion from Mandrake to Debian was relatively painless and I > actually preferred the very interactive Debian approach; and am > slowly discovering that almost all the information I need to sort > out my problems is sitting here inside my box. RTFM remains > some of the best advice around, though sometimes it helps to be > told where TFM IS! > > What I need (not a complete newbie but not an expert by any > means) is actually some help finding a path through the > documentation; perhaps a list of the docs that would be most > helpful to a beginner trying to, say, compile a kernel, or > configure sound, sort out X or set up a small network. Part of > the fascination of any kind of Linux is figuring it out and > getting under the bonnet (as we say over here); but some guidance > as to where the helpful bits of the docs are would help a lot.
wouldn't it be nice if there were just a HELP command? *something* for the newbie to stumble onto that'll point out likely suspects when it comes to looking for answers...? % help help: Command not found. duh! -- things are more like they used to be than they are now. [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** http://www.dontUthink.com/