1. Some Dos and Donts
1.1 Do's
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Have fun. The computer is supposed to be your tool, not your boss.
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Be willing to read README files, and HOWTO documents. Linux is all about
becoming more self reliant. Search engines are expecially handy. I
especially recommend Google.
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Once you've learned, help others with stuff that you understand. It
improves the community.
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The motto "There's More Than One Way To Do It" applies to most
activities in Linux. If there isn't, probably some college student
somewhere is working on another way, but hasn't gotten around to
releasing their code yet.
1.2 Important Donts
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Don't despair. We agree that not everyone's advances in self reliance
will include becoming a programmer type. There are web sites dedicated
to Linux newbies, and to specific topics as well. There are also IRC
channels to talk to people across the internet live about this, and
mailing lists, and newsgroups.
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