Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day
Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
RTFM is a good answer, particularly since if a guy or girl
never heard of tar, they probably never heard of man either.
God also helps those who at least try and help themselves before
they ask *simple* questions.
Read the manual is not rude, just succint.
I've noticed much more intelligent questions and quicker and
better answers to the question
"I've read the man pages and docs and still have a few questions
about..."
After all, that's how the rest of us started and we're all doing fine
right?
JC
A linux user for three years, and still a doc and man page reader
before I ask
PS. Don't apoligize for me
On Mon, 16 Aug 1999 08:38:07 -0700 "Merenda, Frank"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>I agree 100%. RTFM is *NOT* an acceptable response to someone sending
>a
>email to a mailinglist asking for help. Federico, on behalf of the
>Linux
>community, I apologize.
>
>
>Thanks,
>Frank Merenda | Applications Developer - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>ProBusiness http://www.probusiness.com <http://www.probusiness.com>
> (Formerly Conduit Software)
>
>"Some people won't dance if they don't know who's singing. Why ask
>ahead? It's your hips that are swinging." -Propellerheads
>
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vincenzo Jon - IL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 11:21 AM
>> To: 'Keith Duthie'; Federico Zurro
>> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: RE: INSTALLING
>>
>>
>> Dude, Lighten up!
>>
>> We were all pretty clueless at one time, so don't you think
>> you could have
>> made a more friendly response to this post?
>>
>> Maybe something a touch more helpful like ' go to www.linux.org' ?
>>
>> Jeez, you're gonna ruin it for everybody! What if this was some
>idiot
>> reporter doing some stupid expose' on how the linux
>> community isn't really
>> as helpful and 'inclusive' as we claim to be?
>>
>> Just my $0.02
>>
>> JV
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Keith Duthie [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> > Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 10:13 AM
>> > To: Federico Zurro
>> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > Subject: Re: INSTALLING
>> >
>> > On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Federico Zurro wrote:
>> >
>> > > I'm really new with Linux so Can you please help me ????.
>> > RTFM.
>> >
>> > > How do I install the .rpm files ?.
>> > man rpm
>> >
>> > > How do I install the .tgz files ?.
>> > man tar
>> > This one also applies to tar.gz files.
>> > --
>> > Understanding is a three edged sword. Do you *want* to get
>> the point?
>> > http://www.albatross.co.nz/~psycho/ O-
>>
___________________________________________________________________
Get the Internet just the way you want it.
Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month!
Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.
