[mdlug-newbie] Hello LUGgers!

[Kevin S. Spencer]

AMEN!

Garry Stahl wrote:
> 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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