That's exactly what I want. I want to be able to solve the problem by trial and error, by guessing and not by reading a manual. Under Linux, I can't guess a command line parameter. If it needs only one parameter, I can guess it but if it needs a lot of parameters it will take me a very long time and I may break something. In Windows, I can try and if it is something dangerous, it will ask me, do you really want to do xxx? And I can cancel, but under Linux, ... Teddy, orasnita at home.ro ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 11:39 PM Subject: Re: Re: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux (fwd) > There is no fine manuel for winblows. Online help sux because beby the time > you find what you need in those long worthless helpfiles, you've already > solved your problem. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ari Moisio" <armoi at sci.fi> > To: "Speakup mailing list" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 12:43 AM > Subject: OT: Re: Amazingly dumb remark about Linux (fwd) > > > > Hi! > > > > Octavian Rasnita 03.06.02: > > > > >Have you heard to read the "fine" manual of Windows, or of MS Office? > > >I never heard that. > > > > Is there fine manuals for windows at all? At least online helps are > > worthless 'cos they repeat same things with more msoft hype than > > original problem. > > > > Of course there are also a lot of printed books but they are useless > > for blind user. > > > > In contrast Linux has excellent documentation, both technically > > oriented man pages, good howto's and FAQ's. All these are accessible > > plain text or html. > > > > -- > > Mr. Ari Moisio, Niittykatu 5, 41160 Tikkakoski, +358-40-5055239 > > ari.moisio at iki.fi http://www.iki.fi/arimo PGP-keyID: 0x3FAF0F05 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >
