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On Sat, 6 Jan 2007 20:38:00 0000, Ray Smith <rayjsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I must be the odd one out as I learnt shell programming on cpm and dos back in the > dark ages so picked up shell scripting with bash relatively easily. > I'm certainl no expert with Gnu/Linux but am comfortable in the main with it. > I find man pages to be very usefull and make sure that all man,info and html help > files are installed for any distro I use. > Todat I got my scanner working with the gt68xx driver only after reading the man > page which told me what the likely file name would be (quick google search) and > also where so place it so that sane could use it. > Same with setting up my palm, any model, serial or usb and with almost anything > man xxxx, info xxxx is invaluable. > Even rpm which seems to be hated by the majority I learned how to get aound most > problems with man pages. > > Ray. > Correction - majority who post about it - personally much prefer it, probably why I use Fedora (pet peeve about apt - if you force a package the whole database is screwed when that package doesn't affect anything else, which is a major difference to yum/rpm) Also been using RH/Fedora since 1999 and yet to need to know bash programming to any degree - anything more complex than a pipe is easier in perl Hardware is a bit of lottery now unfortunately, though if its supported it works more easily than in windows (esp in Gnome!) > > Sent using Palm T3 & SPV C550 > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html