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  • From: "Greg Mayman" <gmone AT tpg.com.au>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] Help for a newbie
  • Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:54:02 +1030

On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 20:56:43 -0600, James Miller wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 12:30:48PM +1030, Greg Mayman wrote:

>> That means I have to be online to read it, or find some way of
>> downloading all the files (I never could get wget to do that for me).

> That's life with Linux. Better get used to spending alot of time online
> doing
> research.

Being online for me means tying up a vital means of communication.

I shall just have to try to download stuff that it looks like I might
need and read it offline.

> Might be a harsh reality but you'll be
> better
> served by adjusting your expectations up front accordingly than continuing
> on
> under false
> assumptions which will only be exposed for the falsehoods they are later on.

Yes, agreed. That's why I want to start learning Linux from the basics,
to avoid those misconceptions that so easily arise.

. ,-./\
. / \ from Greg Mayman, in Adelaide, South Australia
. \_,-*_/ "Queen City of The South" 34:55 S 138:36 E
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