Fedora Core Support List Unofficial User's Guide (draft 2 - Duncan Lithgow))

[Duncan Lithgow]

I've gone through most of the posts on this and would like to submit 
draft 2 based on many of the comments - at least the ones who think 
this is worth doing at all... Please read it through and ammend/ 
correct / reorganise as you see fit.

If you wish to suggest minor changes do so by reposting but applying 
your own name. For major changes please change the draft number. That 
way we can see what's happening and the archive will document our 
progress (or lack thereof).

Or, does someone have a wiki we could develop this on - posting 
periodically back to the list?

I have...
a. Tried to simplify the language for non-native english speakers.
b. Tried to seperate the points more
c. Added some links where relevant
d. Tried to take accusatory language out (we can see on this thread 
that some peope are _very_ sensative)
e. gone for the boring name modeled on the RHIL
f. I've removed the reference to signatures. So seldom a problem it 
doesn't seem worth the agrivation.
g. hereby aknowledged the good work of James McKenzie in starting 
this. But he says he's left now - hope he comes back.
x. Added a whole new section two: "The ten most useful resources for 
finding the answer before asking the list."

I hope this is helpful. 

Duncan
(accepting all comment and criticism but ignoring all flames)

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Part One: Fedora Core Support List Unofficial User's Guide
Part Two: The ten most useful resources for finding the answer before 
asking the list.

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Part One:
Fedora Core Support List Unofficial User's Guide
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Introduction: We are all regular member of the list and discussion 
about netequitte is ongoing. Previously established conventions are 
always being re-questions. So, please read this in the spirit of 
creating an evolving concensus. This guide is in the spirit of the 
"RedHat Install List (RHIL) Unofficial User's Guide" [1] and "How To 
Ask Questions The Smart Way" [2]

4.  Search for the answer before posting a question. See part two.
(Why? You'll learn more and might just fix it yourself. )  

2.  Set your mailer to send only plain text messages to the list [3].
(Why? HTML is designed for web pages not emails, and uses a lot more 
bandwidth. Many list members actually block HTML because it is used 
for malicious code. [4] )

3. Make a subject line that tells us what you need. Try "Can't get 
past partitioning on FC3" instead of "Argg - help me!!!". Why? So 
that the right people read it.

4. Make sure we can tell what you are replying to. Place each part of 
your reply after the text it addresses and delete unneeded text. Most 
mail readers put a '>' character in front of each replied to line.  
(Why? It gives a conversational flow to the text, and people know 
what you're replying to.)

5.  To unsubscibe from the list you can visit the Fedora Mail List web 
page at http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

[1] http://www.rhil.net/docs/rhil-guide.html
[2] http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
[3] http://www.expita.com/nomime.html
[4] http://www.georgedillon.com/web/html_email_is_evil.shtml

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Part Two:
The ten most useful resources for finding the answer before asking 
fedora-list.
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1. Run the 'man' command. Get a terminal window by right clicking on 
the desktop. In the window type (without the '$')
$ man <application-name>
Substitute <application-name> with the name of the application you are 
having trouble with.

2. Search the fedora-list archive 
http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list

3. Search http://google.com and http://google.com/linux

4. Look through the Linux Documentation Project http://www.tldp.org/

5. Read the Fedora Core Release Notes 
http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/

6. Look through The Unofficial Fedora FAQ: http://www.fedorafaq.org/
7.
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9.
10.

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