[plug] linux 2 linux networking?

Ranz ranz at devdata.net
Tue Feb 21 11:38:40 WST 2006


On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 14:12 +0800, John Knight wrote:
> Cheers for all that, hehe. :) Something I must say in front of everyone, and 
> encourage others to do also: I write for Tux magazine BECAUSE I AM NOT AN 
> EXPERT, which I feel is very important as a writer. I became a writer 
> because I was not satisfied with the current Linux magazines, most of the 
> tutorials seem to be for people who have twenty years of experience! The 
> more advanced you are as a user/writer, the more knowledge you assume on the 
> part of the reader, and forget to include the fundamental 'in-between' steps 
> that newbies need.
> 
> In the case of networking, I'm definitely not an expert! I have networked 
> Linux boxes with Windows boxes, but when I finally got around to setting up 
> two lin boxes, I didn't have a clue what to do (I just assumed that it would 
> be a push over)! In case you're wondering, yes, all this is in aid of an 
> article for Tux, and for other newbies, please do the same thing if 
> possible. If you don't know how to do something, then you're in a prime 
> position to benefit the rest of the community, as your investigations as to 
> how to achieve a particular task will arm you with the 'in-between' steps 
> that new users are looking for, that crusty old writers seem no longer 
> capable of remembering! ;)
> 

mate, I'm not an expert either. I've been using Linux for 6 years. I
find that there's still a heck of a lot to learn.

-- 
Cheers,

Ranz

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