On 05/04/2008, Anne Wilson <cannewilson at googlemail.com> wrote: > > I understand why you want screenshots - in the early days there are > language > problems :-) As Anne says, above, "A picture is worth a thousand words." I agree. John wrote: > I knew of the Dell article, as I have all of those saved for reference. > [1] I was just wondering if you knew of any that were for someone knew > to Linux. You know the Microsoft type tutorials that have screenshot > with them. That's the question I get asked a lot of times from around my > home area. > Answering your question, John: Sorry, no. I don't know of any tutorials on this subject that would be appropriate for anyone new to a Linux based OS. When I initially read your request, I naively assumed you were asking for a straightforward document listing the dkms actions for your own use. On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 16:49 +0100, Ned Slider wrote: > Whilst I sympathise with your observation, and I'm sure we all know > users like that, CentOS isn't Windows and I wouldn't want it to be. I > would rather we try to educate users to the Linux way of doing things > rather than turn Linux into a Windows clone. I guess I feel the same > about documentation to an extent. Ned and I have a very similar point of view here. John's latest words: > Idea: A separate Wiki for the new users. Don't have links on it pointing > external sites of how tos. Just have all the basic how tos; Burning the > centos cdrom in windows with a open source tool like Infra View, Nero, > or Easy CD Creator. Using the network GUI Config Tool for Dial Up Access > and DSL or Cable Internet and Local Intranet. How to add a user with the > GUI tool. Thing of this sort is like putting the iceing on the cake and > keeping them and not letting them stay to another Distro. Ned, do I hear someone volunteering to write a new Wiki section? (I don't think a *separate* Wiki for the new users, be they M$ Windoze departees or not, is a good idea.) Perhaps this discussion should be continued on the CentOS-docs list? Alan. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080405/448c2e80/attachment-0005.html>