Comments on: How to be Your Own Linux Tech Support http://maketecheasier.com/be-your-own-linux-tech-support/2009/03/05 Uncomplicating the complicated, making life easier Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Some Linux resources for beginners | Tech and life http://maketecheasier.com/be-your-own-linux-tech-support/2009/03/05#comment-10637 Some Linux resources for beginners | Tech and life Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:23:29 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3018#comment-10637 [...] How to be Your Own Linux Tech Support [...] [...] How to be Your Own Linux Tech Support [...]

]]> By: waz http://maketecheasier.com/be-your-own-linux-tech-support/2009/03/05#comment-6796 waz Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:47:26 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3018#comment-6796 I have to second the IRC comment. I haven't come across that many trolls on the default (your distro here) channels. Most have been very helpful if not better than the forums I frequent. I couldn't live w/o them to be honest. Great article though. Probably the nicest way I've seen someone say RTFM. I have to second the IRC comment. I haven’t come across that many trolls on the default (your distro here) channels. Most have been very helpful if not better than the forums I frequent. I couldn’t live w/o them to be honest.

Great article though. Probably the nicest way I’ve seen someone say RTFM.

]]> By: waz http://maketecheasier.com/be-your-own-linux-tech-support/2009/03/05#comment-21943 waz Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:47:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3018#comment-21943 I have to second the IRC comment. I haven't come across that many trolls on the default (your distro here) channels. Most have been very helpful if not better than the forums I frequent. I couldn't live w/o them to be honest. Great article though. Probably the nicest way I've seen someone say RTFM. I have to second the IRC comment. I haven’t come across that many trolls on the default (your distro here) channels. Most have been very helpful if not better than the forums I frequent. I couldn’t live w/o them to be honest.

Great article though. Probably the nicest way I’ve seen someone say RTFM.

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]]> By: Arthur Marsh http://maketecheasier.com/be-your-own-linux-tech-support/2009/03/05#comment-6548 Arthur Marsh Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:03:29 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3018#comment-6548 I can never remember apropos, so I use its equivalent: man -k blah where blah is some word likely to appear in the description of the command. I can never remember apropos, so I use its equivalent:

man -k blah

where blah is some word likely to appear in the description of the command.

]]> By: Arthur Marsh http://maketecheasier.com/be-your-own-linux-tech-support/2009/03/05#comment-21942 Arthur Marsh Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:03:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3018#comment-21942 I can never remember apropos, so I use its equivalent: man -k blah where blah is some word likely to appear in the description of the command. I can never remember apropos, so I use its equivalent:

man -k blah

where blah is some word likely to appear in the description of the command.

]]> By: Muhammad Saad http://maketecheasier.com/be-your-own-linux-tech-support/2009/03/05#comment-6500 Muhammad Saad Sat, 07 Mar 2009 10:58:13 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3018#comment-6500 You forgot to mention 'apropos' for finding the required command. :) You forgot to mention ‘apropos’ for finding the required command. :)

]]> By: Muhammad Saad http://maketecheasier.com/be-your-own-linux-tech-support/2009/03/05#comment-21941 Muhammad Saad Sat, 07 Mar 2009 10:58:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3018#comment-21941 You forgot to mention 'apropos' for finding the required command. :) You forgot to mention ‘apropos’ for finding the required command. :)

]]> By: Boycott Novell » IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: March 6th, 2009 - Part 3 http://maketecheasier.com/be-your-own-linux-tech-support/2009/03/05#comment-6491 Boycott Novell » IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: March 6th, 2009 - Part 3 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 05:00:43 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3018#comment-6491 [...] to be Your Own Linux Tech Support < http://maketecheasier.com/be-your-o… [...] [...] to be Your Own Linux Tech Support < http://maketecheasier.com/be-your-o&#8230; [...]

]]> By: Joshua Price http://maketecheasier.com/be-your-own-linux-tech-support/2009/03/05#comment-6478 Joshua Price Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:55:21 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3018#comment-6478 It was a deliberate choice to leave out IRC actually. While there are a lot of great channels out there with friendly, helpful people, there are also a lot of people who just bash new users and try to make them feel inferior. Of course that's true of places like the forums I've listed, but it's been my experience that IRC tends to be a breeding ground for trolls more often than you'll find at other help sources. Maybe it's just bias from my own bad experiences in IRC. Thanks for the comment Marijn! It was a deliberate choice to leave out IRC actually. While there are a lot of great channels out there with friendly, helpful people, there are also a lot of people who just bash new users and try to make them feel inferior.

Of course that’s true of places like the forums I’ve listed, but it’s been my experience that IRC tends to be a breeding ground for trolls more often than you’ll find at other help sources. Maybe it’s just bias from my own bad experiences in IRC.

Thanks for the comment Marijn!

]]> By: Joshua Price http://maketecheasier.com/be-your-own-linux-tech-support/2009/03/05#comment-21940 Joshua Price Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:55:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3018#comment-21940 It was a deliberate choice to leave out IRC actually. While there are a lot of great channels out there with friendly, helpful people, there are also a lot of people who just bash new users and try to make them feel inferior. Of course that's true of places like the forums I've listed, but it's been my experience that IRC tends to be a breeding ground for trolls more often than you'll find at other help sources. Maybe it's just bias from my own bad experiences in IRC. Thanks for the comment Marijn! It was a deliberate choice to leave out IRC actually. While there are a lot of great channels out there with friendly, helpful people, there are also a lot of people who just bash new users and try to make them feel inferior.

Of course that’s true of places like the forums I’ve listed, but it’s been my experience that IRC tends to be a breeding ground for trolls more often than you’ll find at other help sources. Maybe it’s just bias from my own bad experiences in IRC.

Thanks for the comment Marijn!

]]> By: Penguin Geek http://maketecheasier.com/be-your-own-linux-tech-support/2009/03/05#comment-6472 Penguin Geek Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:27:41 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3018#comment-6472 Shameless plug for our Google Groups LUG: http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup?hl=en We try to support any distro, and we work really hard to keep it spam free. Shameless plug for our Google Groups LUG: http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup?hl=en

We try to support any distro, and we work really hard to keep it spam free.

]]> By: Penguin Geek http://maketecheasier.com/be-your-own-linux-tech-support/2009/03/05#comment-21939 Penguin Geek Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:27:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3018#comment-21939 Shameless plug for our Google Groups LUG: http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup?hl=en We try to support any distro, and we work really hard to keep it spam free. Shameless plug for our Google Groups LUG: http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup?hl=en

We try to support any distro, and we work really hard to keep it spam free.

]]> By: Owen http://maketecheasier.com/be-your-own-linux-tech-support/2009/03/05#comment-6468 Owen Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:37:44 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3018#comment-6468 Yea, you hit it right on the nose. I don't normally use the Google Linux search unless the normal Google doesn't yield any results. Also, check out local libraries or Linux, Unix and BSD books. While out dated, they can sometimes be helpful. - Owen. Yea, you hit it right on the nose. I don’t normally use the Google Linux search unless the normal Google doesn’t yield any results. Also, check out local libraries or Linux, Unix and BSD books. While out dated, they can sometimes be helpful.

- Owen.

]]> By: Owen http://maketecheasier.com/be-your-own-linux-tech-support/2009/03/05#comment-21938 Owen Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:37:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3018#comment-21938 Yea, you hit it right on the nose. I don't normally use the Google Linux search unless the normal Google doesn't yield any results. Also, check out local libraries or Linux, Unix and BSD books. While out dated, they can sometimes be helpful. - Owen. Yea, you hit it right on the nose. I don’t normally use the Google Linux search unless the normal Google doesn’t yield any results. Also, check out local libraries or Linux, Unix and BSD books. While out dated, they can sometimes be helpful.

- Owen.

]]> By: Marijn Schouten http://maketecheasier.com/be-your-own-linux-tech-support/2009/03/05#comment-6467 Marijn Schouten Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:14:17 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3018#comment-6467 You forgot to mention IRC. Most distros have support channels on freenode or OFTC. You forgot to mention IRC. Most distros have support channels on freenode or OFTC.

]]> By: Marijn Schouten http://maketecheasier.com/be-your-own-linux-tech-support/2009/03/05#comment-21937 Marijn Schouten Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:14:00 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3018#comment-21937 You forgot to mention IRC. Most distros have support channels on freenode or OFTC. You forgot to mention IRC. Most distros have support channels on freenode or OFTC.

]]> By: How to be Your Own Linux Tech Support http://maketecheasier.com/be-your-own-linux-tech-support/2009/03/05#comment-6448 How to be Your Own Linux Tech Support Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:23:51 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=3018#comment-6448 [...] Read more at Make Tech Easier [...] [...] Read more at Make Tech Easier [...]

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