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[Myriam Schweingruber]

Hi Steven,

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 20:19, Steven Vollom <stevenvollom at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>>> When I went to Wikipedia, I typed in the question, 'What is
>>> Firefox?'there was no answer.  I did the same for Thunderbird and got
>>> the same reply.
>>>
>>
>> I suggest that you learn to use Wikipedia and Google before attempting
>> anything else today, then. The skill to use those two websites will
>> help you greatly in life.
>>
> I have used google for many years.  I type in my question and read what
> it produces.  Am I supposed to do something else.
>
> If you read what you told me to do in wikipedia, I used your question
> only changing from "what are" to "what is".  I am going to google "how
> do I use the Wikipedia site".  If that just confuses me more, I don't
> know what to do.

One does not search Wikipedia by whole sentences, this is a particular
feature in Google from it's early days, it simply doesn't work like
this anywhere else.
Just type in the word you are looking for it, bee it "GTK" or whatever
keyword you want to look up.

Steven, I repeat some good advice given several times on this list to
you: get yourself a good beginners book for Linux and read, it will
prove most helpful for your everyday use of your PC. Also, there is
http://www.kubuntuforums.net/ where you can search topics with single
or combined keywords. Just leave out the "what is...", even on Google
it is not necessary at all.

Another advice: don't take everything "as is", especially Community
supported help or websites. Everybody can write whatever he/she wants,
and not everything is always true or advisable, especially not for non
experienced users. So sometimes one particular advice can be wrong and
should not be followed blindly. BTW, that's where a forum can be far
more helpful than a mailing list, as you can clearly see if somebody
is a moderator and/or an experienced user.

A rule from my beginner days: read, think and don't do it if you don't
feel comfortable with it. Please think twice before installing
non-released software, even if advised so. It may be easy to use for
somebody who has quite some experience but can be disastrous for a
beginner. Don't use testing software unless you are really comfortable
with its possible breaking features and glitches and are willing to
accept that. Those who do are usually experienced users or developers,
who test and tweak the software to improve its quality and are
familiar with bug reports and searches.


Regards, Myriam.


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