Re: Newbie

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Mon, 21 May 2001 14:18:47 -0500 Geoffrey Lane <lane pop fundy net>
spake unto us:

> i'm sorry if i'm a newbie and i'm gonna ask you all for help cause i'm 
> somebody with nearly no experience with linux, who's had enough bill 
> gates (i know he doesn't run it but they are still selling  the same 
> p.o.s. If you ask me) in their life. I'm sorry if i'm gonna be annoying 
> to some of you but if this list is in anyway helpfull i can live with 
> that. I'm hoping that somebody will be kind enough to help thought, and 
> you all don't think this post is making to bad of a first impression.

I personally don't care if you ask questions. Even asking them often is OK
by me. But, for my part I'd hope to see some attempt to locate information
on your own as time goes on. That doesn't mean don't ask questions, but
simply make an effort to locate it before asking and if/when that doesn't
pan out or it is a bit hard to understand, ask away.

In the beginning the biggest problems are usually not knowing where to
start, not knowing how to access the information you already have, and
basically having no idea what you need to know because you have no idea
what's available. So, in the beginning (speaking only for myself again)
ask whatever it takes to get you started.

We were all new once.

-- 
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day;
teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.