Re: Documentation for total beginners
wait till will gets wind of this...
well, here are some resources you might not have known about:
http://www.aokiconsulting.com/debian-survival/
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/debian/chapter/
http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/
there are a few more which you probably already know about mentioned on
my website <shameless plug> http://jason.pepas.com/linux/ </shameless
plug>
jason
jason@pepas.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "-" <radsky@ncia.net>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 7:26 PM
Subject: Documentation for total beginners
> I have a few prospects that I'm trying to talk into doing Linux,
Debian
> in particular. The problem is they have very little experience except
> using MS Windows for internet and games. I've written some very basic
> instructions for them just so they can at least log on and navigate
> through the directories. Much of my own experience comes from trial
and
> error.
>
> I haven't seen any documentation that is suitable for anyone with
their
> limited experience, nothing on internet, not in bookstores, and not in
> boxed sets. Everything seems to be geared towards people who,
> colloquially speaking, at least know how to multiply large numbers,
> whereas my proteges and I are just learning how to add single numbers.
>
> Does anyone know of any documentation that doesn't require extensive
> experience to comprehend?
> I don't consider myself to be an expert so I could benefit from that
> kind of documentation too.
>
> Should I tell my friends to forget Linux for now and come back after
> they have experience with other operating systems because otherwise,
you
> can't get there from here?
>
>
>
>
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