Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] icky low level linux stuff
From: Vincent Touquet (vincent.touquet_AT_pandora.be)
Date: Sat Jul 27 2002 - 11:53:18 EEST
On Sat, Jul 27, 2002 at 12:08:14PM +0900, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
>Most of us round here are possibly too far into the depths of Linux to
>give simple user friendly advice to a person who does not want to know
>about the complexity of Linux. It's clear that we may not be helping new
>users with this advice.
True ...
>
>Should we be making a more conscious effort to dumb down our advice?
>It's hard work giving advice to someone when you know little or nothing
>of their experience and needs.
Hm, I don't know.
Sometimes the commandline really is
the only thing I work with, so
I wouldn't know how to get a CD
title in Konqueror for instance...
I think more users, more userfriendly
features and more useability testing
of software (last one is often forgotten)
will get us very far.
I don't think its a question of lowering
our level, I think it desrespects the
intelligence of the user.
It's just getting your mind in a different
context really :)
Generally people who have been through
the same problems can help eachother
much easier, I think.
Also, we shouldn't try to solve any
problem. Sometimes people on other
lists, irc channels (#debian eg.)
or Usenet could be of more assistance ?
Anyway, I'll try my best to help
anyone inhere, just sometimes the time
lacks.
Oh well :)
regards
vincent
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