On Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 08:00:54PM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote: > Can someone reply to this, please? > I'm not sure if I am the right person to answer, but then again, perhaps nobody is. Who indeed is responsible for Debian Documentation? > ------- Forwarded Message > > Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 11:52:13 -0700 > From: "brian" <bwarsing@canadafilm.com> > To: <olly@lfix.co.uk> > Subject: Tempo > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > - ------=_NextPart_000_0534_01BEF3A7.441CF8F0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Debian Documentation is too slow. > Why? It seems writing the documentation is very low priority and not valued. In my opinion, good documentation is what makes a Linux distribution truly excellent. > GNU wants people to use the distribution but is unable to provide = > distribution specific information. > Why? > And where can I find Info on how to install, configure, etc. new = > packages/programs on Debian??? The documents on 'dpkg' are atrociously = > verbose and technical. The Debian installation manual is thorough, so it is indeed very long. My guess is that 90% of the installation manual is unnecessary stuff for most people installing on Intel PC clones, so the original question does have a valid point. But the documentation on how to install, configure etc. does exist for Debian, so the three questionmarks ??? are a little too harsh. > All I want to know is how to install/uninstall programs without making a = > mess. > Any help? Reading the dselect instructions is the right thing to do. These are available on the installation CD, or from Debian web page. The web pages contain also other information which is usuful for new Debian users. > > Please reply to bwarsing@intergate.bc.ca > -- Tapio Lehtonen Tapio.Lehtonen@IKI.FI PGP public key from http://www.iki.fi/Tapio.Lehtonen
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