On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:33, Ralph Stoker wrote: > I've been reading up heavily from the recommended readings posted > previously (many thanks) but still feel woefully inadequate in actually > getting any hands-on experience (and making progress) with my SuSe Linux. > I've had very limited success in attempting to emulate some of the > exercises shown in the literature.. Which ones, and what do you not understand?
> and there is a limit to how long I am > prepared to spend constantly hitting my head against a never ending brick > wall...the wall will eventually break...but will I be conscious enough to > know that I am through? Probably not. :-) > Being new to CLUG events / posts I still don't have a grasp on what CLUG's > 'remit' is in respect to introducing newbies to Linux: I don't think many of us on the list do either. > Is it's main function to bounce 'How to info..' No. there is http://www.tldp.org for this very thing. The quality of the articles has improved markedly in recent years and some are actually quite professional now. > Is it just a group of highly skilled techies, for techies...talking techie > stuff? Not entirely. Most of the 'OT' list postings have a definite and imho desirable place. You see, the whole reason Linux, and indeed all Free software, is able to exist at all the is as a result of an interesting application of the licensing and copyright laws. So naturally enough we all have an interest in our Freedoms. > Does it desire to grow financially / physically through the introduction of > new members? Yes, but only up to a point. Remember that we are a unstructured group of private individuals almost all of whom have families, businesses, professions, or who are good solid wage slaves. Time is therefore of the essence, and therefore running 'Introduction to Linux' on a voluntary basis is not very high on most peoples' agenda. > Has a structured introduction program ever been considered? Setting up such a program, and doing it even vaguely properly, is not a effortless task. It's very time consuming to say the least. Are you prepared to pay a fee for it? > Is Google the answer to everything? More or less, but as you have doubtless discovered, the problem with google is that it's so unstructured, and it brings up links for your question being asked but quite often not the answer. > The reason for asking such questions is that as a Newbie I have needs that > are significantly different to those of 'established' CLUG members. I do > not wish to enflame or harrass the existing CLUG membership...yet I do > wish to develop my Linux skill set. In reviewing a number of posts I have > to question whether or not CLUG is the correct medium for me to achieve my > desired goal... > Comments?.... You probably need to consider spending time and money going on a course. If you need a more or less instant reply to a problem, remember that there are literally hundreds of IRC channels. Virtually every FLOSS project of any size has a channel on irc.freenode.net:6667. There's even #nzlinux where some of us can be found from time to time. > Would have liked to attend tonight but unfortunately I've been roped into a > Korfball Referee's course for the next two Thursday nights. Priorities? priorities! -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
