As someone new to Linux, this is just the sort of posting that can be very helpful. I am just at the point of feeling comfortable with SuSE out of the box, and would like to experiment a little and learn a little more, and it really helps to have someone give general ideas where to go in addition to all the specific help given on this list. Does anyone else have any advice on files and manuals to start reading and places to start editing for someone making tentative steps to getting to know Linux better beyond the defaults? Neal McDermottOn Sunday 19 May 2002 07:46 am, Kevin L Hochhalter wrote:
On Sunday 19 May 2002 00:07, Anders Johansson wrote:
Nice stuff, but the FAQ specifically says "no advocacy".
Ah, too true, and my apologies for that. Maybe there should be something in the FAQ that says "no whining." There has certainly been too much of it on this list since 8.0 hit the stores.
On Sunday 19 May 2002 08.49, Kevin L Hochhalter wrote:
Ask questions, and be patient in waiting for an answer. Most of the time, the answer is already installed on your computer, either in the form of a how-to, a man page, or a web browser. Use these tools in your search for the answer to your question.
The most difficult thing isn't knowing the answers, it's knowing what questions to ask. Teaching the answers is an art mastered by few, teaching the questions is impossible.
Agreed. So a person doesn't know what to ask. After having read and searched, the person might just want to state his problem. Somebody will then ask some questions in an effort to get things cleared up. See all the recent postings about sound.
//Anders
PS. vi isn't a text editor, it's a line editor. There is a difference.
I generally use vim, actually. Sorry about that. If you type man vim, it says:
NAME vim - Vi IMproved, a programmers text editor
DESCRIPTION Vim is a text editor that is upwards compatible to Vi. It can be used to edit any ASCII text. It is especially useful for editing programs.
Kevin