[aclug-L] Additional Resources Available

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

Recently there have been some questions on the list which have
received no answer.  Generally, this means that nobody here knows the
answer.  You're always encouraged to check here first, but if you
don't get an answer, here are other places to try.  ACLUG-L is a
general-purpose list, and for some questions, you need a list with
people with specialization in the particular area of your question.

So, here are places to check:

 * Usenet.  Particularly the linux.* and comp.os.* hierarchies.
   Also look at Usenet archives in Dejanews.
 * Web pages:
   + www.aclug.org for general background
   + http://ww.complete.org/mailinglists/archives/ for searchable
     archives of this mailing list
   + Your distribution's website, one of:
     - www.debian.org
     - www.redhat.com
     - www.suse.de
     - www.pht.com
     - etc.
   * XFree86: www.xfree86.org
   * Web pages for your particular app in question;
     you can find homepages by visiting www.linuxlinks.com or
     www.freshmeat.net
 * Other mailing lists specializing in certain issues
   + Most run Majordomo, which will understand some, but not all,
     Listar commands like we use here.
   + Check the website for your program or question; usually they
     will have pointers to mailing lists
   + Ask here if you are looking for a different mailing list; we may
     at least know enough about your problem to refer you to the
     people that can answer it
 * Web search tools
   + I like hotbot, because you can type on words and it will give
     you a list of matching pages that contain ALL of those words; 
     useful for narrowing things down; ie, "AGP Linux"
 * Documentation that came with your program may list mailing lists
   or author's e-mail.  Use mailing lists first, and only write
   directly to the author as a last resort.  Look at manpages, info
   files, and info in /usr/doc or in the distribution tar.gz.

Hope this helps!

-- 
John Goerzen   Linux, Unix consulting & programming   jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx |
Developer, Debian GNU/Linux (Free powerful OS upgrade)       www.debian.org |
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