I think there's a few reasons why. First of all, it takes time; the time spent will be the free available time someone has to sit down and do such a thing. Another is that basic needs vary enough that it may be quite difficult to come up with a generic tutorial that would fit everyone. Some while back, there were two brief introductions to Linux done for the Main Menu program. Brief, yes; a bit specific? yes. Joe Norton's deal mainly spent time on getting and installing Slackware and Matt Campbell's project talked about Debian and doing some basic functions on getting around on Linux. I'm not sure if either of these programs will really get someone going with Linux, but it is a good start. This all-in-one tutorial would have to address the differences among the popular distributions of Linux, how to use and configure several clients like mail for use, how to configure lynx since that seems to be the browser of choice, some basic sys admin needs such as getting PPP to work or configuring the network interface. Gee did I miss anything?:) You can see quickly how this tutorial becomes a *HUGE* project. I wonder how much time Jonathan has available for this; it might take six months:) I don't know, might not take that long but it is a mammoth project indeed. On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 01:26:52PM -0400, Will Smith wrote: > Hello Charles, > > Thanks for saying so well what I've been thinking for years! I'd be glad > to purchase a linux "how-to" tutorial that would provide a solid and > detailed step by step guide on how to set up and run slackware and debian > for my daily online needs. > > I'm surprised that no one has been willing or able to create such a > tutorial product, as I believe it would fill a great and growing need by > many blind computer users. > > Will > wilsmith at iglou.com > On Tue, 14 May 2002, Charles Crawford wrote: > > > > > >Hi toby and all, > > > > > > You said: "Another way to put it, if I were > > >being particularly blunt, which I'm not, is r t fm. > > > > > >Ok, so people don't use uniform interfaces, but that's great, cos it means > > >that those that don't like a certain interface have a choice." > > > > > > While I understand what you are saying, the statement only reinforces > > the view of the vast majority of people who reject Linux and Unix for that > > matter based upon the real difficulties of using them. > > > > I do not consider myself a novice at computing and I love the text > > mode of Linux and it's speed, but spending inordinate amounts of time > > trying to learn and use this obviously great system is a time consumer > > neither I nor most other folks can aford. > > > > Even when I have consulted the how to docs, I have to say that > > they often only sort of help. So why is there not a tape tutorial for > > Linux tht can be used by the average blind person? Maybe that is more > > needed than any other project. > > > > -- Charlie. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
