On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:19:56 -0500 george <gasjr4wd@mac.com> wrote:
As still a very newbie, still trying to set up simple things on our Linux box(s) the more knowledgeable people have to also understand we may not know how to ask the correct thing, or what it is called in the way of terms or words...
Some examples- In the printing field, we work with some standards known as PMS. To us it stands for Pantone Matching System... To others...
Sometimes the apple osx server list is a hard place to ask questions... The standard answer is RTFM all too often. Many times that is true, but there are 15, not counting the ones for the hardware. http://www.apple.com/server/documentation/ Other times the answer is "what, is google down today". I can tell you it does get old at times...
Very good software, but if you don't know what to look for, you will never find it. That is with anything.
George, When I started with Linux I found it very hard, as most of command line configuration was difficult, let alone X. I confess -with a little shame I admit- that for months I kept M$ on my computer because I couldn't get my printer config files set up. But I always had a lot of support fron the list. I also had a few flames. The flames were because I hadn't done all I could with my limited knowledge, before I asked for help. I found this to be true for others as well. If you want freedom, the right to make choices, the right to learn, the right to be responsible for yourself, then that's great! You will get support. You won't if you want all the benefit without the effort. So you will also find most of us willing to help if you are trying hard to find the answers for yourself but have not succeeded, have a positive attitude to learning so you need less support but can begin to help others, and, last but not least, follow the list so you don't ask (again, and again) the questions that have been thrashed out at length on the list. Oh, and by the way, the archives are a good place to start to find information. Thank you for your post- you make some good points (I'd almost forgotten Pantone....) Terence