It seems to me that so far there has been a great mixture of basic and advanced discussions. Some things are over my head, and some things are under it. This seems a great way to know where one's head is.
Hopefully there will continue to be many newcomers to the list totally intimidated by linux. Surely someone will always ask where the linuxinstall.exe file is. It will be great when Monmotha and others discuss advanced iptable scripts. I look forward to being confused when Ray entertains a complicated programming question. I plan to be perplexed by the subtleties that come with any culture. This has been an exceedingly civil group - a tone that is set well by Warren and the rest of you. This is a linux mailing list. There are so many types of linux users that I hope they/we are always welcome to post as everyone always has - honestly and with civility - regardless of the complication or depth of geekness. The more I am confused and blown away, the more certain I become that I have more to learn. What better place to discover this than within an evolving and learning linux community.(?) Every "newbie" learns and grows. If the newcomers are educators targeted by our LTSP for schools project, don't we think that these professionals know something about the learning process. No need for watering down here. The eventual Upcoming List Policy will not need to say much. No more than a few intellectual objectives you all have and the means by which a group member can help to achieve them. I would personally want a method or protocol to exist that would inform me if I misbehaved. Perhaps a future steering committee member would do that on the rare occassions required. Basically, all comments should be invited by any means possible. scott
