[tdf-discuss] Re: Request: Installation Instructions

2010-11-27 Thread Marc Paré
Thanks for the clarifications. Cheers Marc -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Archive: http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***

[tdf-discuss] Re: Request: Installation Instructions

2010-11-26 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-11-26 01:05, Robert Holtzman a écrit : On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 09:47:05PM -0500, Marc Paré wrote: Le 2010-11-25 18:54, Robert Holtzman a écrit : One of the best ways to help them out would be to (gently, if that makes you feel better) instruct them that it is customary to do a

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Request: Installation Instructions

2010-11-26 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 05:06:51AM -0500, Marc Par� wrote: Le 2010-11-26 01:05, Robert Holtzman a écrit : ..snip. Could you point out where I said that noobs should posses the information *prior* to their first post? Obviously, the instruction would be given

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Request: Installation Instructions

2010-11-25 Thread Valter Mura
In data giovedì 25 novembre 2010 00:56:37, Robert Derman ha scritto: ..snip. Whether it's user friendly or not depends on the user. If he/she/it is open to learning a *few* new things, it is extremely user friendly. There is, however, a segment of the

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Request: Installation Instructions

2010-11-25 Thread Craig A. Eddy
Rictec, Modicum - a small amount Standard Information - In the way that Robert Holtzman used the term, he means certain facts about your computer and operating system, and the software you're running at the time (for example, Linux operating system, LibreOffice 3.3 Beta, Writer. These are only

[tdf-discuss] Re: Request: Installation Instructions

2010-11-25 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-11-25 18:54, Robert Holtzman a écrit : One of the best ways to help them out would be to (gently, if that makes you feel better) instruct them that it is customary to do a modicum of research and try what's found before posting a question to a list. Also, the post should include the

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Request: Installation Instructions

2010-11-25 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 09:47:05PM -0500, Marc Paré wrote: Le 2010-11-25 18:54, Robert Holtzman a écrit : One of the best ways to help them out would be to (gently, if that makes you feel better) instruct them that it is customary to do a modicum of research and try what's found before

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Request: Installation Instructions

2010-11-25 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 05:50:39PM -0700, Craig A. Eddy wrote: Robert, OK, I'll disagree with you. But only to a degree. I've worked the equivalent of an unpaid help desk on IRC (Ubuntu-Arizona LoCo). .snip. The system works, but, it DOES require patience

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Request: Installation Instructions

2010-11-25 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
I am not trying to hijack this list, but wouldn't it be better to have a list for each language that we support, if we have users of particular languages they can use that list and not have to struggle to use English to get help? -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to

[tdf-discuss] Re: Request: Installation Instructions

2010-11-24 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-11-24 16:20, Robert Holtzman a écrit : On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 12:30:38PM +0100, Valter Mura wrote: In data lunedì 22 novembre 2010 22:28:54, Robert Holtzman ha scritto: On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 06:50:36PM +0100, Rene Engelhard wrote: On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 03:52:41PM +, Lee Hyde

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Request: Installation Instructions

2010-11-24 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) I think the issue of difficulty of installing LibO on Linux is not going to last long... I'm sure that as soon as a stable release of LibO is out then Linux distribs are going to add it to their repos, and their software installation tools (such as Ubuntu's Software Center). All the talk

[tdf-discuss] Re: Request: Installation Instructions

2010-11-22 Thread NoOp
On 11/22/2010 06:43 AM, Craig A. Eddy wrote: ... René It isn't so much that I administer a Debian release as that I USE a Debian release and do what I can. What I do is what I have managed to learn to do over time, but without any formal training in UNIX, Linux, administration, coding, or

[tdf-discuss] Re: Request: Installation Instructions

2010-11-22 Thread NoOp
On 11/22/2010 04:33 AM, Rene Engelhard wrote: On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 08:04:29AM -0700, Craig A. Eddy wrote: listed in the README_en-US file. I'm not familiar with dpgk, though I Then get. You administer a Debian-based system without knowing dpkg? Oh my. (Besides that,

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Request: Installation Instructions

2010-11-22 Thread Craig A. Eddy
On 11/22/2010 06:37 PM, NoOp wrote: On 11/22/2010 06:43 AM, Craig A. Eddy wrote: ... René It isn't so much that I administer a Debian release as that I USE a Debian release and do what I can. What I do is what I have managed to learn to do over time, but without any formal training in