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- From: janl@ifi.uio.no (Nicolai Langfeldt)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: PLEASE READ THIS: How to find answers to your linux questions.
- Keywords: FTFM
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.170726.6267@ifi.uio.no>
- Date: 1 Jan 93 17:07:26 GMT
- Sender: janl@ifi.uio.no (Nicolai Langfeldt)
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- Organization: Folkeaksjonen for gjeninsettelse av Revolvermagasinet
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- Originator: janl@gyda.ifi.uio.no
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- Much of the volume on comp.os.linux devoted to asking questions that
- have been answered tens, hundreds or even thousands of times. The
- answers can be found in these documents:
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- INFO-SHEET (what is linux, features, hardware, getting linux)
- meta-faq (linux faq, linux newsgroups, ftp, bbs'es, about which
- files to get when installing linux, mailing lists,
- ++ quite a lot of other info and pointers)
- faq_<Date> The complete linux faq. Contains answers on: Linux, linux
- instalation, common problems, linux and dos, more problems,
- hints, features, gcc, scsi, X11, networking, and emacs
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- Both the INFO-SHEET and meta-faq are posted regularly on
- comp.os.linux, you should be able to find it if you search backwards
- thru comp.os.linux for "INFO-SHEET" or "META-FAQ" in the subject line.
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- The faq is _large_ but very well organized, and face it: you have to
- read _some_ docs to keep your system running smoothly, and the faq is
- a kind of a minimum.
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- The problem is that the people that know the answers grow tired of
- answering the same questions time after time and then stop
- answering... This is not what anyone want, so please RTFM before
- asking... and we know the FM "sucks raw eggs" but make a effort.
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- If people could start doing this life on comp.os.linux would become
- better and maybe we could get rid of all the split posts too :)
-
- Nicolai
- --
- Nicolai Langfeldt, "Bugs made while you wait"
- Internet: janl@ifi.uio.no
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- PS. I was planing to post this twice a week or maybe even every day...
- Please make suggestions on how to make it better (e-mail to me please)
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