Re: SV: Searching files through blinux-list?

[Hans Zoebelein <hzo goldfish cube net>]

First: nobody said that you are not allowed to ask for help. Only
limitation was that one has to regard the topics  and  off topics
when using blinux-list. Blinux lists topic are themes which contain booth
the words Linux _and_ blind.

Second: why should it be a greater 'nightmare' to use a search engine than
a mailing list?Everybody who is able to send a question to and read the 
answers from a mailing list will be able to type in a file name into the
input field of a search engine and read what the search engine delivers
after about 10 seconds.

For a good introduction how to find information on the Internet you
can check out http://leb.net/pub/blinux/doc/blinux/howto-find-answers.html

Best Regards
--Hans
(maintainer blinux mailing lists)


On Sun, 4 Jul 1999, Krister Ekstrom wrote:

> I tried to stay out of this thread, but i can't any longer. If we're not
> allowed to ask for help or files from a list, then what's the point of
> having a list at all? I'm certain that everyone knows what a nightmare it
> actually can be to search for a file using a search engine. Under Windows,
> there are meta search tools that can help searching but do programs like
> this exist under Linux? If not, then it can be a real pain to find what
> you're looking for, especially if you don't exactly know what the name of
> the file is. Lastly at the risk of being flamed, i'd like to make a humble
> suggestion, if you don't want newbies with their questions on this list, why
> don't someone start a linuxnewbies list dedicated to blind linux newbies?
> /Krister
>