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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!labtam!news.mel.aone.net.au!OzEmail!metro!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!ieunet!maths.tcd.ie!maths.tcd.ie!not-for-mail From: tim@maths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Slight flame from Linux user Date: 4 Jun 1995 16:23:46 +0100 Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Lines: 30 Message-ID: <3qsj62$aft@bell.maths.tcd.ie> References: <3ql3gd$je2@bell.maths.tcd.ie> <D9K4Iz.BJM@midway.uchicago.edu> <3qo2af$nqo@bell.maths.tcd.ie> <3qq5i8$2jj@anshar.shadow.net> <3qqotb$sla@hamilton.maths.tcd.ie> <MMEAD.95Jun4013608@Glock.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: bell.maths.tcd.ie mmead@Glock.COM (matthew c. mead) writes: >> The Linux Installation Guide makes starting and running Linux a pleasure. >> I didn't find it any more difficult than installing Windows. > That's good and that's bad. When something breaks, is there a >little guide which can point you through the thousands of levels of >subtleties to find the problem? (1) I don't think Unix is particularly difficult. I don't believe there are "thousands of levels" of subtlety. When something is difficult it is nearly always because it is not properly documented. (2) Linus Torvald's kernel code is a model of clarity, in my view. It bears comparison with anything I have seen from AT&T or Berkeley. (3) Actually, there are dozens of "little guides" -- HOWTOs -- with Linux, covering every conceivable topic. Also the Linux newsgroups are full of people who want to help. I have never, ever, seen there the "Unix is not for the common man" type postings which started this thread. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: tim@maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland