Re: [SLE] Input for a FAQ
I would be willing to host this and any other howto for suse or any linux distro in general Brandon Caudle -------------- 15yr Old Avid Unix User (HP-UX,FreeBSD,Linux) Larkhaven Golf Course Charlotte, NC "There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full." -- Henry Kissinger
From: Martin Webster
To: Bruce Marshall , suse users Subject: Re: [SLE] Input for a FAQ Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 20:46:04 +0000 On Tuesday 04 September 2001 7:26 pm, Bruce Marshall wrote:
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.
I'd be pleased to help; contribute, sense check, whatever. Furthermore, I'm picking up a colleagues PC tommorow and doing a clean SuSE 7.2 install for her and was contemplating writing a step-by-step guide covering what I needed to do to:
i) Successfully install Linux (I may do this twice - one letting YaST partition and then how I would do it); ii) Setup printer and any other peripherals. iii) Setup the CD-RW iv) Install and configure StarOffice and other applications a Windows user may expect.
I'll feedback when it's done.
M
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On Tuesday 04 September 2001 16:45, Brandon Caudle babbled:
I would be willing to host this and any other howto for suse or any linux distro in general
something like this needs submitted to the Linux Step-By-Step site (http://linux.nf). We have worldwide mirrors and plenty of existing complementary content too! -- Douglas J. Hunley (doug@hunley.homeip.net) - Linux User #174778 Admin: http://hunley.homeip.net/ Admin: http://linux.nf/ Brainbench Linux Administration Certified ~~ Now offering Linux admin services for the home user ~~ I just found a slip of paper in my pocket that says i have been passed by inspector number 7. I figure they did it while I was asleep.
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