Robin 'Roblimo' Miller wrote:
> Matt Miller wrote:
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>> I disagree that most Linux technical documentation is poor. Not easy for
>> the casual read -- perhaps, but definitely not poor. Personally, I
>> rely heavily on technical documentation -- manpages,
>> Howtos, READMEs, etc.
>>
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> And your computer/Linux skills are how many orders of magnitude
> greater than the average person's? :)
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> That's the point, Matt. All those manpages, HOWTOs, READMEs, etc. are
> written for you, not for some poor schmuck
Yea like me.
> who wants to get SuSe or Mandrake installed, figure out how to add
> plugins to Mozilla and make the "junk" email filters work, set margins
> and tabs in OpenOffice, crop a jpg image, and wonders why he or she
> needs to type in a password to install a program.
> Believe me, there are plenty of people out there who don't know how to
> add a program icon to a KDE panel, and don't have the slightest idea
> how to make mplayer work.
> - Robin
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