From: mdw@db.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh) Subject: *** New users: Where to get the Linux FAQ *** Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1993 04:20:49 GMT
NEW USERS: WHERE TO GET THE LINUX FAQ (please read)
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 directory /pub/linux/docs/FAQ.
It's split up into 5 files: the table of contents and the four parts of
the FAQ itself. Each part is about 50K.
or ftp to sunsite.unc.edu. It's the file /pub/Linux/docs/FAQ. This is one
big ASCII file containing the entire FAQ (about 200K).
or ftp to any news.answers archive site. For example, you can find
Linux-related postings from news.answers in the directory
/usenet/comp.os.linux and /usenet/comp.os.linux.announce on ftp.uu.net.
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, comp.os.linux.announce,
and news.answers every month (if you want to wait...).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Read the "Meta-FAQ" posted weekly to c.o.l.a (also
available from the various FTP sites). It gives you all of the pointers on
where to look for Linux information.
Thanks.
mdw
-- Matt Welsh, mdw@tc.cornell.edu "What are you doing, Dave?"