On Wed August 12 2009 3:13:46 am Juan De Vincenzo wrote:
As the newcomer I am to OpenSUSE, I found myself frequently consulting the zypper man pages, as well as the Zypper Usage section on the OpenSUSE site at [0], so I thought it would be nice to have a cheat sheet to consult when I had doubts, and since I looked for one and couldn't find it, I created one of my own to have all the data together. And of course, I want to share this with all of you, let me know what you think of it. I uploaded it to Google Docs, here are the links:
Would that all "Newcomers" would be so thoughtful :) Frankly, While the MAN pages are a tremendous help for Linux and many programs, IN ADDITION to the MAN pages, the format you have so thoughtfully provided is a welcome addition. If more/all of the major system administration chores had similar 'Cheat Sheets', I think it would really help. One of the deficiencies of MAN pages is that they are written by 'technocrats', eg, the author of the program (in many cases), who *knows* how to use the program and is well versed in most of the support functions and programs that a 'newbie' often knows little or nothing about. Your 'Cheat Sheet' provided a concise listing of many of the most needed uses of (in this case) ZYPPER *and* enough examples of its' use to accomplish the stated use to allow a user of the sheet to 'get the idea' about how to use the command and its' switches. So, You're Hired!!! There are several hundred commands used by administrators of systems that *should* have similar 'Cheat Sheets' developed to supplement, not replace, the MAN pages. The sheets you developed are immediately useful with little assumption of knowledge a new user might not have, but desperately needs. Take on 'FSCK' and maybe 'BADBLOCKS' and um, most of what is in /sbin <grin>. Seriously, In 'Doze, most people know about 'ChkDsk C:', and stuff like that, but have no clue about how to do simple system maintenance in their new Linux environment. "Seasoned" Linux admins *know* all about all of these commands, (don't they?) but 'Newbies' won't make it to 'seasoned' if their systems aren't maintained, it will eventually crash and burn and they will go back to 'Doze. Thanks for your efforts.... Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org