According to James: While burning my CPU.
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> On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, Richard Adams wrote:
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> -The FAQ can be found as stated below.
> -
> -Redhat /usr/doc/FAQ/FAQ
> -slackware /usr/doc/faq/faq/linux-faq.ascii.gz
> -debian /usr/doc/FAQ/linux-faq.ascii.gz
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> hmm, oops! ignore the previous post, guess i didn't RTFM :) (forget the newbies,
> its the people who know what they're doing who need helping :)
>
> what is needed is some sort of 'essential commands' instructions. Ie, newbie
> finds these faqs (by pure chance they once used dos and tried the cd command
> to change dirs, and worked out the \'s go the other way) but what is a .gz
> file? how do i read text in linux anyway? where's the editor, what's a .tgz
> and why does tar complain i have no tape drive? these are the basic things
> _every_ linux user needs to know. Another one is "why can't i run my dos
> programs?"
The "essential commands" part is easy, when and if the FAQ URL has its page
on the web, make a link to http://www.nmt.edu/tcc/help/unix/unix_cmd.html
Its a nice place to start learning.
There are many more URL's around with newbie help, dont fall into a
FREQUENTLY made mistake of "Reinventing the wheel", by duplicateing what has
already been done.
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I see, you've been watching to much BBC telvision, DOT(.) UK ;-)
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Regards Richard.
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