[newbie] Help me out

[Gene Barker]

I am a new linux user, about a month.  I need your help, speaking to the “newbie” group.   I joined this group in hopes of learning more of linux and solutions to problems I may have.  I have been inundated with emails from our group, most of them not very useful.  May I request 2 things.   Limit or eliminate political or philosophical discussions from this channel.  Let’s use it as a tool to learn of linux. The answers to legitimate questions are sometimes cryptic and hard for me to follow.  A little more information or a way to follow the conversation would be helpful to me.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.   Cordially,   Gene Barker