How to check the information is true or false?

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 14 August 2009 12:12:06 Tim wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-08-14 at 16:35 +0800, Clarence Huang wrote:
> > How  do I know that information is true or false?
>
> You have asked a good question.  The same applies here.  You only hope
> we have the right answers.  You need to use common sense.
>
> Do several different websites offer the same advice?  Have you tried our
> own website, first?  http://fedoraproject.org/  There's lots of things
> on there (FAQs, guides, etc.).
>
> When you find advice on websites, are there replies to the advice?  And
> do they confirm or refute the advice?
>
> Does it sound sensible?  Look for advice that explains, rather than just
> a list of things to do.
>
And if you're still not certain, take the same thing one step further.  Take 
what look like the most significant words or commands from the answer you see, 
and do a google search on that.  If there's a problem with it you are sure to 
find a message somewhere that says 'I did foo and now my computer won't boot' 
or some other disaster story.

One other thing - before you click on an entry from the google search, take a 
look at the url that it is going to load.  If at all possible, stick with ones 
that imply either a distro-created message (whether, for instance, and 
official Fedora one or from a Fedora mailing list) or from a reputable Linux 
forum.  Avoid anything from individual people's sites unless you have reason 
to know that they are probably OK.

It's time-consuming, yes, but if you follow the advice in this thread you 
should be fine.

Anne
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