David Freeman wrote:
As a relative newbie, I have found that the default reply on most groups/channels/lists is RTFM. and alot of the DOCS are great if you are very good with programming, understand compiler messages, and know unix very well, But not if you are a raw beginner. I have spent a week
This is wrong and very bad, most (if not all) documentation is not written for even someone with good *nix experience, but I have met "3l33t M$ hax00r5" who don't want to let you know the answer.
Most people like the person mentioned in the original posters message probably only need a pointer in the right direction and could take it from there. anyway if anyone needs help with newbie issues let the list know and if it gets boring I will take it to private mail as (fortunatley for me) I work in an enviroment where we have a lot of *nix gurus who will just tell the answer, as we realise that you can't be an expert in everthing (and indeed I have supplied answers to people who have been using *nix for upwards of 20years who have had problems with linux).
just my 3p worth (1p more than Brett :-)) Adam