[mdlug-newbie] Hello LUGgers!

[Patrick Hornung]

Indeed.  'google for it' is almost always better than 'read the man page'.

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From: mdlug-newbie-bounces at mdlug.org [mailto:mdlug-newbie-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of Garry Stahl
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 12:32 PM
To: A place where there are no dumb (linux related) questions.
Subject: Re: [mdlug-newbie] Hello LUGgers!

Robert Meier wrote:
> Read man pages.

Man pages are of limited use.  Some are genuinely helpful, others
require a degree in computer engineering to understand.  The rest are
worse than useless.  In general a real mixed bag.  For the most part I
have found the advice "read the man page" to be unhelpful for the
beginner.  Why?  Most man pages are not written with the beginner in
mind, but the *nix expert.

Relative "read the man page" newbie reporting.

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