Re: home network

[Andy McKellar <mckellar airmail net>]

Matthew Halliday wrote:
> 
> Me - I nearly gave up on Linux after being told to RTFM!  I couldn'd
> make head nor tail of the HOW-TOs or other docs.  And a STEEP learning
> curve...?  Almost vertical if you ask me!  Still, had a lot of fun (and
> frustration) on the way.  Here I am 4 years later still asking dumb
> questions - answering others.  I get a buzz out of helping others with
> this just as others have helped me and it helps to reinforce it in my
> own mind - if it weren't for some of you I'd be in Bill's Windowland for
> good.  If we want the Linux community  encourage newbies - we were all
> one once - keep the information flowing freely and have patience with
> the newbies.  I personally like the community feel - when I ask a
> question I sort-of know the people who answer, be they in the US, Brazil
> or here in the UK.  There really is no substilute for a straight answer
> to a straight question.  I like Linux a lot and for me there's no going
> back.  Let's help others along that route?
> 
> Matt
> 
> Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel wrote:
> >
  ...  <snipped>

"Amen, brother" to all of the above.  No matter HOW POLITELY you say it,
"RTFM" isn't a helpful answer if you don't (at least) also say which FM
to read -- and very often, not even then, because it just means going to
another FM, which in turn... well, you've been there, even if you've
forgotten, so please remember what it's like.

-- Andy McKellar
   Dallas, TX