Hmmm, I read your posting several times over and found nothing to be
embarrassed about.  So I had my wife (who's very easily embarrassed) read
your post, and she didn't find anything embarrassing either.

BTW, thanks for asking the LINUX questions.   :-)

Ray Shahan

"Life is what happens while you're busy making plans", John Lennon

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> Subject:      OT: Linux for Newbies
>
> Pardon me for yet another OT post, but I think that this one might be
> relevant to some list members. As I'm floundering around two flavors of
> Linux, several things occur to me. The most obvious one is that I have
> almost no idea what I am doing, or I at least feel that way. I am
> struggling
> with tasks that I regard as simple and straightforward for MPE, or any OS
> with which I would claim familiarity. Consequently, I am almost
> embarrassed
> to ask 'How do I bring up the "classic X windows" interface on Caldera
> OpenLinux?', or, 'How important is the choice of groups when creating new
> users, and how should I use them?', for instance.
>
> The other thing that occurs to me is, even if I overcame my embarrassment,
> and thought I could get such newbie questions answered, I would have no
> idea
> in which forum I should ask them. When I think of newbie-friendly forums,
> I
> think of the 3000-L. So, it occurs to me, since many of us in this forum
> feel compelled to learn new things, at least some of us need to have a
> means
> to ask such newbie questions. Now, should these go on the 3000-L at OT? If
> so, do when then tag them, [Linux], [W2K], etc? Can anyone recommend
> another, friendly forum in which to ask such specific questions? Or, am I
> thinking about this all wrong, and should I be looking to the Interex
> Linux
> forum to do this? Or does Interex limit us to Red Hat?
>
> Greg Stigers
> http://www.cgiusa.com
>
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