newbe boards?

[Advent Systems]

Thank you.
    What you said re multiple distros makes a lot of sense.  I,m going 
to try to stick with just one till I learn more. 
    I also save all my posts.  I have a Linux folder w/all the different 
topic as sub folders.  When the mail comes in I just drag them over to 
the appropriate folder, even If they don't apply to me now (with some of 
them I have no Idea what there even talking about... yet) :)
    Re the other forums, I will give those 2 a try but I've been 
searching around and man, there are really bad ones out there!  I look 
forward to attending a meeting now (even if it's just to sit  quietly 
and don't touch anything :) prior I would have felt stupid.
    Re the acronyms, Jesse directed me to a place where I can brush up.

Thanks Again,
Bob Randal

S. Lawton wrote:

>On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:43:45 -0500
>Jesse Jarzynka <denisesballs at thecybersource.com> wrote about
>Re: newbe boards?
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>>On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 14:46, Advent Systems wrote:
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>>>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/
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>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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>	Abbreviated
>	Code
>	Rendered
>	Object
>	Name
>	Yielding
>	Meaning
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>I thought I had a fair handle on acroyms, until I got on
>IRC. 
>The first time somebody said BRB, it really threw me, I had
>to look it up. 
>"Be Right Back" is not something you see in a mailing list.
>:-)
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