I just had a look around to see what newbie documentation was around and stumbled upon http://www.linuxnewbie.org/
The Newbie Help Files (http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/) look rather a good starting point for people who might get lost when reading the standard linux howto's ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 7:31 PM Subject: ATTENTION NEWBIES > > Welcome > > I will be putting together a printed NEWBIE Help File with most of the basics to > get you started. > > I'm sorry it wasn't done for you at the Installfest, but i have been away for a > few months. > > There will be a very small cost ($3-5) to cover copying, a folder and a floppy > with more help files, tips & tricks, FAQs, and more. > > I can remember 'some' of the problems i had as a Newbie with Linux. I found > that FINDING THE INFO i needed was the hard part, doing it was usually much > easier than finding what i needed to know. > > As i said i can remember 'some' of the problems i had but not all of them. > Therefor the best way for me is to ask you to make a very brief list of them > as they happen. > > It doesn't matter how trivial your problem, a number of trivial problems > together = major frustration add it to the list. > > You can use the program 'pico' or 'nano' at a terminal (the screen icon > on your panel), just Type pico ,it's like a Dos program to use. > It will save the file in your home/user directory. > > If those programs are not there use your email editor, or GEdit (Gnome), > KEdit, KWord (KDE), and a lot more. In Linux you always have plenty of > choices :-) > > You can copy and paste from those programs to your email editor by > highlighting with the left mouse button then click middle button to paste. > If you don't have a 3 button mouse click left and right buttons together > to paste. > > It may be 2-3 weeks before i get it done so keep posting with your problems > meantime. > > I hope all of you are on the internet with Linux ok, otherwise you will be > doing what i had to do back then, connect with M$ :-( > > > Have fun > Trevor >
