Re: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use
Date	2025-08-21 11:44 +0200
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On 2025-08-21 00:36, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Aug 2025 12:52:56 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> 
>> On 2025-08-20 03:01, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, 19 Aug 2025 12:35:53 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>
>>>>> What's wrong with a couple of clear examples, plus the detail to
>>>>> expand on them?
>>>>>
>>>> +1
>>>
>>> There’s a whole website devoted to that, as I mentioned elsewhere.
>>
>> Not good enough, it should be inside the manuals.
> 
> The man page has examples, too. Naturally a tutorial/wiki site has more.
> 
> Remember what reference documentation is for: it’s to act, no more and no
> less, as the definitive reference to all the details of functionality, not
> to offer hand-holding tutorial recipes for every conceivable thing you
> might want to do with that functionality.

I do not want reference documentation.

I primarily want documentation that allows me to start using a new 
program, fast, and to achieve my goals.

Once I have that, I want the reference documentation.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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Re: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-19 12:35 +0200
  Re: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use Mike Scott <usenet.16@scottsonline.org.uk.invalid> - 2025-08-19 12:18 +0100
    Re: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use Marc Haber <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> - 2025-08-19 15:16 +0200
      Re: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-20 01:02 +0000
  Re: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-20 01:01 +0000
    Re: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-20 12:52 +0200
      Re: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-20 22:36 +0000
        Re: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-21 11:44 +0200
          Re: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-21 11:34 +0100
            Re: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-21 14:36 +0200
              Re: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-21 14:27 +0100
                Re: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-21 21:37 +0200
                Re: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-22 10:33 +0100
                Manuals [Was: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-22 12:39 +0200
              Re: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-22 01:12 +0000
          Re: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-22 01:06 +0000
            Documentation [Was: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-22 12:26 +0200
              Re: Documentation [Was: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use] Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-23 23:13 +0000
    Re: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-08-20 07:47 -0700
      Re: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-20 22:37 +0000
  Re: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-08-20 19:25 +0000
    tldr [WAS: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-21 12:04 +0200
      Re: tldr [WAS: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use] Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-08-23 12:40 +0000
        Re: tldr [WAS: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use] "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-24 00:40 +0200
        Re: tldr [WAS: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use] Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-23 23:15 +0000
          Re: tldr [WAS: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use] Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-08-24 11:22 +0000
            Re: tldr [WAS: Yes, You Need A Firewall On Linux - Here’s Why And Which To Use] Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-24 22:18 +0000

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