[plug] Re: FAQs and Newbies (was: Cheap Linux??)

[Buddrige, David]

>I'm not saying that only newbies ask FAQs or that the defining
>characteristic of a newbie is the asking of FAQs.  Rather I'm saying (or
>now repeating really) that newbies a) tend to come across the
>obvious/common problems frequently and b) don't check the
>FAQs/HOWTOs/Manual pages before asking questions about them.  Hence, a
>good percentage of newbies questions could be answered by FAQs.  The
>more clueful people often come across the same problems but either can
>solve them by themselves or are able to look up the answers for
>themselves.

My observation is that newbies, tend not to know where to look.  Almost by
definition, someone who is proficient in computing are not so much people
who know all the anwers, but who know where to look.

Just my $0.02...

stay well and happy.

David. 8-)