Re: Suggestion for Newbie Guide Lines
* Stephan Engelke <engelke@math.uni-hamburg.de> writes:
> the most common problem I have encountered when suggesting Linux as an
> OS to other people is, that even though there is a wealth of docs out
> there, new users don't know where to look for them. Newbies need to be told
Indeed. Going a slight bit astray from the original topic, I´d suggest
to add a few lines to /etc/motd, like:
"If you are a new user to Linux, you´ll want to read the New-User
Guide. Do a `more /usr/share/doc/new-user-guide.txt'."
This new-user-guide.txt would be a required package, and consist of
just a few pointers to the most important information, and with the
exact steps on how to read this information with a standard Debian
installation.
This would also help in reducing the traffic on this and other lists,
IMO.
Colin
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Colin Marquardt <colin.marquardt@gmx.de>
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