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Input for a FAQ
- From: Bruce Marshall <bmarsh@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 15:26:32 -0400
- Message-id: <200109041926.f84JQW205000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
A long session on the phone the other night with a friend (who is now running
Linux with little experience) made me think of a subject that has been on my
mind a long time.
A FAQ or document for total Linux newbies (but END USERS)
>From some of the questions that came up, I figure a FAQ might be the best way
to handle it (in HTML format).
I would like to ask the group for input on questions to be answered and
also if there is anyone who would like to colaborate on it.
Remember: This is for your grandmother, or your computer illiterate
brother-in-law. Someone who knows just enough about computers to turn one on
and be expected to look at menus, etc and know what a cursor is.
Typical questions:
1) How to I access a floppy disk?
2) How do I write a letter?
3) What is a 'console'? (might be needed for recovery situations or other
special commands)
4) What do I do if my machine appears stuck?
5) My desktop went away. Where's my Kmail?
It would be based on KDE and the very basics of Linux. Therefore it would
not be distro specific in any way if it can be avoided.
Input of questions to be answered or topics to deal with would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks.
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+ Bruce S. Marshall bmarsh@xxxxxxxxxx Bellaire, MI 09/04/01 15:24 +
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"It was always thus; and even if 'twere not, 'twould inevitably have been
always thus." - Dean Lattimer
Linux with little experience) made me think of a subject that has been on my
mind a long time.
A FAQ or document for total Linux newbies (but END USERS)
>From some of the questions that came up, I figure a FAQ might be the best way
to handle it (in HTML format).
I would like to ask the group for input on questions to be answered and
also if there is anyone who would like to colaborate on it.
Remember: This is for your grandmother, or your computer illiterate
brother-in-law. Someone who knows just enough about computers to turn one on
and be expected to look at menus, etc and know what a cursor is.
Typical questions:
1) How to I access a floppy disk?
2) How do I write a letter?
3) What is a 'console'? (might be needed for recovery situations or other
special commands)
4) What do I do if my machine appears stuck?
5) My desktop went away. Where's my Kmail?
It would be based on KDE and the very basics of Linux. Therefore it would
not be distro specific in any way if it can be avoided.
Input of questions to be answered or topics to deal with would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks.
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+ Bruce S. Marshall bmarsh@xxxxxxxxxx Bellaire, MI 09/04/01 15:24 +
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
"It was always thus; and even if 'twere not, 'twould inevitably have been
always thus." - Dean Lattimer
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