From: mdw@db.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh) Subject: WHERE TO GET THE LINUX FAQ Date: 29 Dec 1992 04:21:33 GMT
NEW USERS: WHERE TO GET THE LINUX FAQ (please read)
In response to the numerous postings that continually ask questions covered
in the FAQ for this group, I'm going to post this article to reiterate where
new readers and users of Linux can find the FAQ. I will post it for a while.
It suppliments the Meta-FAQ. :)
PLEASE: EVERYONE read the FAQ for this group before posting questions. Many
people (myself included) worked hard to produce the FAQ to accurately answer
all of your questions. The new version of the FAQ (with many updates,
clarifications, etc.) will only come out every month! So you won't see it
posted that often. In the meantime you'll have to get it in one of the
following ways:
1) ftp to tsx-11.mit.edu. It's the file /pub/linux/FAQ. It's one big
ASCII file (about 150k).
or ftp to sunsite.unc.edu. It's the file /pub/Linux/docs/FAQ. Again, one
big ASCII file, same thing as on tsx-11.mit.edu.
2) If you don't have FTP access, you can retrieve it via the mailserver at
pit-manager.mit.edu. Send mail to mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu with the
word "help" in the body.
or If you simply can't find the FAQ, I will mail it to you myself. Just
send me mail (mdw@tc.cornell.edu).
3) The most recent FAQ will be posted to comp.os.linux and news.answers
every month (if you want to wait...).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Read the "Meta-FAQ" posted weekly to this group.
It gives you all of the pointers on where to look for Linux information.
Thanks.
mdw
-- Matt Welsh mdw@tc.cornell.edu Cornell Theory Center "It's a Katana, ya Midwestern Computer Geek." --Tom Payne