hi, i remember myself getting started in linux, at first it all was pretty overwelming, after about 2 months i began understanding how it all fit together. one of the things that i like about the speakup group is that everybody is so helpfull. thanks to all randy On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, Ann Parsons wrote: > Hi all, > > <smile> I've got to put in my oar here folks. I need to defend those > of us who need to be shown what to do before we can do it or > understand explanations of what we have done. > > In my case, I need to do whatever it is before I read about it. Why? > Because I can't understand what I read until I have experienced > whatever action I'm reading about. Finally, there comes a time for > me, and I am in that transition now, where because of all that I have > experienced, I can read a man page or a document and understand what > I'm reading because I have something to connect the new knowledge to. > > I've been following Igor's progress here, and it seems to me that he's > done his share of reading about things. I think your reference to > places to find the info are good, very good, but your implication that > Igor is taking up the list's time wasn't called for. If you want to > go to a techie, unfriendly list, join emacspeak or blinux. We've > never turned away anyone from asking questions, even the simple ones. > I don't want to see us doing it now, cuz if you do, I'll have to > unsub. <smile> Frankly, if I had to remove a user right now, I > couldn't do it. I can't remember the syntax! I do, however, keep > what I call tips.txt. In there, I have a bunch of notes on commands > about how to do stuff. It's my way of keeping track of stuff I won't > remember after two days. One point of information, if you try to look > up "skuzzy" in a dictionary or a manual, you won't find it. You have > to know what you're looking for in order to find it. In computerese, > that can be very specific. Hence if rmuser isn't the right command, > looking it up under that name will yield naught. > > Just my two cents for a Thursday morning. > > Ann P. > > > > -- > Ann K. Parsons > email: akp at eznet.net ICQ Number: 33006854 > WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp > "All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
