Okay . . . Thank you for the input. May I just state that I can (and do) use all of the information resources aforementioned. Oh, if you only knew the may hours I have spent reading, reading, reading. Yes, I have learned much from reading. But reading is not always the most efficient or even the most effective learning modality. Often, just asking questions is the best way to promote knowledge transfer. Having said that, in the interest of avoiding the potential of adverse sentiment, perhaps further discussion on this point might better be taken "off-list"? Now regarding mailing lists, I believe this is the collection of official Arch (publically available) mailing lists: *List* *Description* *arch-announce* <https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-announce> Arch Linux Announcements *arch-commits* <https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-commits> Arch Linux packaging commits *arch-dev-public* <https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-dev-public> Public mailing list for Arch Linux development *arch-events* <https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-events> Arch Linux Events *arch-general* <https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-general> General Discussion about Arch Linux *arch-mirrors* <https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-mirrors> Arch Linux Mirroring Discussion and Announcements *arch-multilib* <https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-multilib> Arch Linux Multilib (32bit libs on 64bit OSes) *arch-ports* <https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-ports> Discussion regarding the porting of Arch Linux to non-i686 architectures *arch-projects* <https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-projects> Arch Linux projects development discussion *arch-releng* <https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-releng> Arch Linux Release Engineering *arch-security* <https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-security> Discussion about security issues in Arch Linux and its packages *arch-women* <https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-women> Mailing list for the Arch Women project *aur-dev* <https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/aur-dev> Arch User Repository (AUR) Development *aur-general* <https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/aur-general> Discussion about the Arch User Repository (AUR) *aur-requests* <https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/aur-requests> Public mailing list for AUR package deletion/merge/orphan requests *pacman-dev* <https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/pacman-dev> Discussion list for pacman development ------------------------------ After carefully reviewing it, I have not yet found a list more suitable to my limited capabilities, such as: arch-newbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or arch-for-the-cognitively-challenged@xxxxxxxxxxxxx So, for now, all I can do is: - keep looking - keep reading - keep asking Cheers! On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Aaron Caffrey <wifiextender@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Francis, > > In archlinux you have to rely on the wiki, man pages and info documents > more often than you do in the mail list, as a lot the wiki pages there are > written by people that have dedicated a lot of their free time to write > the provided information correctly and well explained, also they make sure > that most of the pages are up to date. > > A quick 5-10 minutes web research would nail almost all of your future > quirks. And if you can't, feel free to submit a new message to the > mail list as there are always nerds around that would help you out. > > Best regards, > Aaron Caffrey >
