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<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>>There are far better resources out there for teaching
Linux<BR>>newbies. Instead, voip-info.org attempts to provide the sorts
of information<BR>>that is useful for those already familiar with Linux
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I can appreciate that. And I can appreciate
being at the other end of the pipe, as I like to gloss over all "obvious"
details when I have to write up something. I'm not suggesting that VoIP
should become a Linux tutorial, but that, where possible, every line that must
be typed to get to a desired end be explicitly included rather than assuming
that a one sentence comment will empower the reader to type in a whole page of
bash stuff.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>>You could certainly compare
and contrast the documentation for other<BR>>large daemon applications
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would concur with your thoughts here. The
terse style is endemic to everything Linux. I bought a commercial Linux
app recently and it didn't even have a single word about installation.
Turns out there was no configuration, so you could just drop it into a directory
and make a shortcut icon if you were using Gnome or something. But at
least a line stating that would have saved the author an E-Mail exchange..Oh
yes, and then there was the library it needed that wasn't in the
distro. It would have been useful if the Readme mentioned that.
Anyway, you get the point.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>>It's certainly instructive that the continuing advances in<BR>>open
source browser technology was what spurred Microsoft to once again<BR>>invest
time into its own browser </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>True, but I can open IE and use it and then open
Firefox and intuitively know what to do. It doesn't say you can use Z or
-M or --Query all to do the same thing, (possibly with identical parameters, or
possibly with parameters formatted differently) but -M only works on Fedora and
--Query only works on Suse (contrived by true to life examples). It is
this sort of thing that makes the Linux learning curve steep and makes it
challenging to provide detailed instructions for something like installing a
package.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Based on a number of conversations over the last
year or two, I have become convinced that those for whom these command
automatically flow off of their fingertips are mostly clueless as to how
unintuitive some of this stuff is when first encountered.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wilton</FONT></DIV>
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