David Johnson wrote:
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> The average users of Dos95 or Mac have absolutely no knowledge of Unix
> or Unix-like operating systems. It's going to take them a while to
> figure out that "dir" does not list a directory.
The 'average' Win user who decides to upgrade to Linux is not stupid.
Also most people take the time to learn the basic gist of Linux before
switching.No one comes in so clueless as to think dos commands will work
in Linux.
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> New users will appreciate easy-to-find and understand documentation
> that will give them enough to get started with. Whether this
> information is in the form of a "readme" file in their home directory,
> or a two page pamphlet in their distribution's box matters not.
The real cause for 'newbie' questions is laziness not ignorance. In a
few instances Netscape or whatever browser may not be working but
generally that is not the case. Case in point Netscape with RH comes
with the homepage pointing to a help menu, from which the HOWTOS can be
accessed.This assumes the user installed the HOWTOs, and I think some
dist includes a link to the HOWTOs on the CD.
The Man pages are another beast, they are very confusing and bereft of
examples.
>
> David Johnson
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