For the Newbies
Chadley Wilson
chadley at pinteq.co.za
Fri Feb 27 22:27:57 UTC 2004
On Sat, 2004-02-28 at 00:10, Jeff Vian wrote:
> Austin Isler wrote:
>
> > I didnt like his shell example reading "lostchild". First I am new to
> > Linux. Second I have been using computers since MS-DOS 5. Third I am
> > no child. Since Micro$oft is a software giant and has the money for
> > ads, you can not judge people because they only know of Windows.
> >
> > Austin
> > Alexandre Strube wrote:
> >
> >> Em Qui, 2004-02-26 Ã s 13:42, Wayde Gutman escreveu:
> >>
> >>
> >>> My impression from fedora-list emails that many of the users of FC1 and
> >>> FC2 are from the GUI generation, e.t., Windows. I have been a computer
> >>> user since MS-DOS 3.3 days, as far as I am concerned, if you had never
> >>> used DOS, you are at a disadvantage.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> I've been using computers since mainframe and those perfurated cards,
> >> not to say altair and zx stuff. But my mother uses them for, say, 3
> >> years, and I'm glad that GUI stuff evolved so much she can use Fedora. I
> >> wouldn't put redhat 7 on a computer to her.
> >>
> >> And I doubt she will never need anything on command-line. Openoffice,
> >> gnome, mozilla, evolution and frozen-bubble are more than enough :-)
> >>
> I agree about not prejudging people.
> However, what I often see is that many people make no effort to help
> themselves and expect someone else to hold their hands when doing
> something new.
>
> A poster in a different thread mentioned that he would like to be able
> to give a user a hint in the right dirrection (paraphrased) rather than
> provide a step by step procedure for solving the problem
> This is similar to the idea of: "Give a man a fish and he eats for a
> day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime"
>
> Some people are only willing to do something if they are forced to do
> so, and others only need a hint in where to look an dthey will do it
> themselves with others somewhere between. I have seen both extremes on
> this list, and the people providing help also are spread across the
> spectrum of philosophies.
>
> I personally both prefer the hint and like to provide the hint. I like
> to learn and become independent. We all would be better if everyone did
> the same but not everyone is the same so we have to deal with all types.
>
> The poster providing the example gives both an idea of where to look and
> what it should look like and to anyone with an idea of learning it was
> all that should have been needed.
>
> Just my $.02
>
> Jeff
>
agreed
Maddy
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