newbe boards?

[S. Lawton]

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:43:45 -0500
Jesse Jarzynka <denisesballs at thecybersource.com> wrote about
Re: newbe boards?:

> On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 14:46, Advent Systems wrote:
> > Guys,
> >     I've been lurking and learning here for about a year
> >     now and  have 
> > learned a tremendous amount and I THANK YOU.  I was
> > wondering if there were any  lists that you know that
> > would be more suited for a newbie?   Please don't take
> > this the wrong way.  I really love this list and was
> > never treated in a  negative fashion in any way but  you
> > guys are so  far advanced me  that  I'm starting to feel
> > funny about  wasting your time  on some of the most
> > basic stuff I should know.   I will always be "lurking &
> > learning" everyday at this list but would rather ask the
> > 
> > basic questions on a newbie list, you know what I mean
> > guys.  Again, it's not that everyone here has not been
> > GREAT it's just reality, with Linux I'm 18 yrs. behind
> > you guys and I got a lot of catching up to do.  If this
> > was a windows list I'd be ripping my hair out at some of
> > the questions I have asked and need to ask :)
> > 
> > Thanks Again,
> > Bob Randal
> 
> I'd rather answer newbie questions than none at all.
> 
> Try http://linuxquestions.org/ not sure if they have a
> list or not, but plenty of forums. 
> -- 
> Jesse Jarzynka
> Cyber Source
> http://www.jessejoe.com/
> http://www.thecybersource.com/
> 

FWIW:
I say ask away, we're not all gurus on the list. 
Some of us are still firmly entrenched in GUIs, otherwise
there wouldn't be so many different Window Managers. 
I still consider myself a newbie, and I've been tinkering
with it for 3 years. 
Everytime you try a new disto, you're a newbie all over
again. 
When I first joined, I used to read every single message,
and had a large text file of them saved for future
reference, if it sounded like some thing I might need
to know later. 
Sadly, I lost the file in a HD crash. 
LinuxQuestions and LinuxLinks both have extensive forums to
search, but no lists as such; I'm registered with both. 
Both have Newbie/Beginner forums, as well as Security,
Distro specific, Mail, Network, etc. 
If you register/join the sites, you can tag a forum topic to
be "watched", and you will get an email notifying you when
there's a new message in the thread. 
I think I belong to the user forum for every live CD I've
tried, but for a quicker answer, or at least getting pointed
in the right direction, you can't beat a LUG.
I also find the newb questions are easier to ask at a
meeting, when we have them. 

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-- 
S. Lawton
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