Kelly Clowers wrote:
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:I've been using computers since before Linus was born. I'm making the switch from a certain OS ;\ I'm also one of those strange people who actually reads docs. What do I do when I find terms such as initrd or udeb ? And before I get too much grief from youngsters - From personal experience do you have any clue of relevance of CORC, CUPL, WATFOR, WATFIV, 026, 12AX7, etc, etc ;/ ? I'm looking for a self sufficient reference. P.S. I'm also of era of S100, CPM, KIM, SYM, CBM etc etc etc ;)Try http://wiki.debian.org/Glossary
That's what I was looking for. and
http://www.infodrom.org/Debian/doc/acronyms.html
That site also has some interesting pages. "The Debian Maintenance HOWTO" ( http://www.infodrom.org/Debian/doc/maint/ ) appears to rate a detailed read.
And a general google may work for some things (depending on how overloaded it is), maybe with "debian" added to the search.
Google is a last resort. Filtering "wheat from chaff" can be a pain.
Cheers, Kelly Clowers