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| Thread ID: 83649 | 2007-10-08 09:08:00 | dummy question please linux | gum digger (6100) | PC World Chat |
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| 599410 | 2007-10-08 09:08:00 | Hi I am currently given a project, where i have to provide basc training material for redhat. i am stuck at a stage where i have to create a list of simple/dum FAQs questions and answers to it. thats because this is targeted towards people who never used pcs in their life. so please if you could help me with some questions.. |
gum digger (6100) | ||
| 599411 | 2007-10-08 09:29:00 | Hi I am currently given a project, where i have to provide basc training material for redhat. i am stuck at a stage where i have to create a list of simple/dum FAQs questions and answers to it. thats because this is targeted towards people who never used pcs in their life. so please if you could help me with some questions.. Redhat?? Maybe not where I would have started, but anyway... What version of redhat are we talking about here? |
Sherman (9181) | ||
| 599412 | 2007-10-08 09:42:00 | Redhat?? Maybe not where I would have started, but anyway... What version of redhat are we talking about here? REd Hat Nine |
gum digger (6100) | ||
| 599413 | 2007-10-08 10:00:00 | REd Hat Nine :eek: Why anyone would want to run RHL9 is beyond me.... Having said that, I did have a play with it a number of years ago (and it was fairly old even then....) Not that I can remember much, as I found it rather cut down compared to earlier versions. |
Sherman (9181) | ||
| 599414 | 2007-10-08 15:57:00 | You want FAQ's for a Linux system for n00bs? Don't you mean for everybody? I'd start with a glossary of the names and functions that they represent . My biggest gripe is the geek-code words that don't actually describe what certain things do, how they act and if they are user-safe or dangerous . The "k" letter is everywhere and just leaves many people staring at the screen trying to decipher what they mean . Keeping secrets with codewords, monikers and secret handshakes is not the way to generate feelings of safety and security in a computer system . It's hard to become familiar with a system that encrypts and buzzwords functions that cannot just be read by the user and let them know what they are about to, or just have clicked on . C'mon . . "Konqueror" sounds like a video game and /user/sbin/drakconf . real doesn't translate well into English . Fear of doing something to destroy the system isn't allayed by not knowing what these words actually mean and can do in the first place . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 599415 | 2007-10-08 17:19:00 | And the above ramblings help the thread starter how?? Just a few: Where can I find help? What is Linux? What is Red Hat? As a hint, look at the FAQs for Ubuntu, and PCLinuxOS (both designed for beginners). Jen (with her Fedora [an offshoot of Redhat] knowledge) will be of great benefit too :) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 599416 | 2007-10-08 20:00:00 | thanks myth | gum digger (6100) | ||
| 599417 | 2007-10-08 20:56:00 | Could this be any help? . 2038bug . com/index . html . gz" target="_blank">rute . 2038bug . com It's kinda old, but it has good basics, gives good understanding and being generic could apply to Red Hat equally with most other versions . |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 599418 | 2007-10-08 20:59:00 | You want FAQ's for a Linux system for n00bs? Don't you mean for everybody? I'd start with a glossary of the names and functions that they represent . My biggest gripe is the geek-code words that don't actually describe what certain things do, how they act and if they are user-safe or dangerous . The "k" letter is everywhere and just leaves many people staring at the screen trying to decipher what they mean . Keeping secrets with codewords, monikers and secret handshakes is not the way to generate feelings of safety and security in a computer system . It's hard to become familiar with a system that encrypts and buzzwords functions that cannot just be read by the user and let them know what they are about to, or just have clicked on . C'mon . . "Konqueror" sounds like a video game and /user/sbin/drakconf . real doesn't translate well into English . Fear of doing something to destroy the system isn't allayed by not knowing what these words actually mean and can do in the first place . Oh dear |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 599419 | 2007-10-08 23:54:00 | And the above ramblings help the thread starter how?? Just a few: Where can I find help? What is Linux? What is Red Hat? As a hint, look at the FAQs for Ubuntu, and PCLinuxOS (both designed for beginners) . Jen (with her Fedora [an offshoot of Redhat] knowledge) will be of great benefit too :) HUH? I think I hit the nail on the head . . . did you even read the question? Let me refresh you . . . . . . I am currently given a project, where i have to provide basc training material for redhat . i am stuck at a stage where i have to create a list of simple/dum FAQs questions and answers to it . thats because this is targeted towards people who never used pcs in their life . so please if you could help me with some questions . . Makes sense to me what I sent . . . just where do YOU think I missed the boat? My idea of a glossary was right on . . . it's confusing at best, dumbfounding at least . Humbly awaiting your insight . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
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