Re: [cobalt-users] Searching the Archives - was (Webalizer)

["Peter Masloch" <peter@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You also can find good information on some other places:

http://www.google.com  (you find always something there...)
http://www.tldp.org  (lots of nice written how-to and guides)
http://www.redhat.com (good knowledge base)

Most of the answers are out there :-)

It also would be nice if people would sometimes pay attention to
the mailinglist. In the last couple days different people have asked
the same questions within 2 hours and i don't know how many times
the Apache vulnerable story was started.

Also one minus point goes to Sun/Cobalt:
It would be realy nice if we could have a small write up to each package
like what is in it (versions), what is it updating. This would be very
helpful.

Speaking of updating, there still is no SSH update for Raq2 :-) guess i have
to do it from the source.
Peter





> >>I think it's fair to say that the archives are very powerful
> >>to people who have been on the list for a whileand somewhat
> >>confusing to newcomers. I'm not sure what the solution is
> >>though.
>
> I kinda have to disagree with this statement; although viewed with that
idea
> in mind it is accurate I have to say that, from my own experience, digging
> through the archives is NOT difficult - just time consuming and something
> that just needs to be experienced in order to maximize the results.
>
> Just like any search engine, it's knowing WHAT keywords to search for with
> the full knowledge that the results are NOT 100% accurate and you will
have
> to check subjects that may be or may not be similar to your original post
> WILL eventually get you what you want.
>
> A good example is a search for "viewing PKG"; you are NOT going to bring
up
> any subjects at first that say anything to that effect but you will find
> several posts that say "tar xvzf something-something" (>chuckle< don't
> remember verbatim what the posts are). Since I was already familiar with
tar
> and recognized the options I figured there was something worth looking
into,
> so  I did and voila - it was what I was looking for.
>
> In a way this brings up another thought; a VERY good assistance is having
at
> least rudementary knowledge of *nix commands; in the previous example that
> rudementary knowledge helped me identify a post that was similar to what I
> needed that may have been disregarded had I not known what TAR is.
>
> To sum up this LARGE bucket-o-change, the more you use the archives and
your
> machine the easier it's going to be. Sure, it's a bit time consuming at
> first but once you get the hang of it you'll find items rather quickly.
>
> (multiple .02)
>
> Jonothon Ortiz
> Xnext Inc.
>
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