From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (qmail-queue invoked by uid 0); 2 Aug 1996 18:32:35 -0000 MBOX-Line: From jrv@vanzandt.mv.com Fri Aug 2 20:31:50 1996 Received: (qmail-queue invoked by uid 504); 2 Aug 1996 18:28:53 -0000 Received: (qmail-queue invoked from smtpd); 2 Aug 1996 18:28:46 -0000 Received: from cublx2.cube.net (194.97.64.61) by goldfish.cube.net with SMTP; 2 Aug 1996 18:28:17 -0000 Received: from vanzandt.mv.com ([192.80.84.49]) by cublx2.cube.net with SMTP id <24647-335>; Fri, 2 Aug 1996 02:57:32 +0100 Received: from vanzandt.mv.com (jrv@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vanzandt.mv.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id VAA00442 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 1996 21:28:19 -0400 Message-Id: <199608010128.VAA00442@vanzandt.mv.com> To: blinux-list@goldfish.cube.net Subject: Installation is important Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 21:28:19 -0400 From: Jim Van Zandt List-Id: Michael De La Rue writes: "there's no actual duplication of work going on here and I owe an apology to Jim for saying so..." I thought there was something funny about that message. Apology accepted. "I can imagine several situations for someone blind coming to Linux. Of these the most common and important are... 3) Complete new user is looking for an `adaptive techology solution' " As much as I hate to enrich Microsoft, I find it hard to argue that Linux would be a good system for a complete novice. "Although a person with no contact with any other Linux user may be rare in the States, these people are common in other countries and it is worth supporting them." I don't think isolated Linux users are rare even in the States. I certainly started on my own. However, I was a DOS guru, an experienced Unix user, and a C programmer before I installed Linux. "Target Documents...The Linux FAQ" I think the online FAQ should be enough. "Beginning to use Linux...possibly based on the DOS2Linux Mini HOWTO..." I think nearly all new Linux users will already be DOS users, so the DOS2Linux Mini HOWTO should be one of the primary documents. - Jim Van Zandt