On Tuesday 04 September 2001 04:46 pm, Martin Webster wrote:
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
Great.... however what I contemplate is a FAQ for someone who is either handed a machine with Linux already installed, or perhaps for someone who works at an office where Linux has been installed. In otherwords, using linux only.... no setup, no config, no nothing. Maybe a few tips on 'how do I get out of trouble' but that's it. But if you're going to hand that machine over to a newbie.... please write down the questions that come up along the lines of the above. Thanks! -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ + Bruce S. Marshall bmarsh@bmarsh.com Bellaire, MI 09/04/01 15:53 + +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ "Twinkies: They're not just for breakfast anymore.."