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Re: If not "newbie" then ????

From cyaiplexys <cyaiplexys@sitesplace.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: If not "newbie" then ????
Date 2018-07-22 00:10 +0200
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On 07/21/2018 11:42 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> When I'm "ignorant" and know it, I refer to myself as a "newbie".
> My first contact with Linux was when Squeeze was just introduced.
> I've been around computers for a while [remember 12AX7 based CPU's?]. As 
> a BSEE student 50+ years ago I took an introductory programming course. 
> Later I programmed in 8080 assembler - at the time we were moving to 
> 8085. As a consumer I ended up in the M$ land.
> 
> So, how would this group have me to refer to myself without claiming 
> competency I just *DO NOT* have?

Wizard. With that many years of experience in computers in general, I 
think you earned at least that much. Actually, IMHO the answer should be 
"Whatever the hell you want to call yourself." :) IOW, it's entirely up 
to you.

If you are trying to find a label that everyone can understand you by, 
well, I don't know if labels really work that well since many people 
have many views on what a certain label even means.

What I do is try to briefly mention (if it's even necessary) that I have 
a lot of experience using Linux but am stumped on a certain problem as I 
don't often deal with that situation. No harm in that, I think. After 
all, Linux stuff is so vast that not everyone can know every single 
thing about it. Thus why we have these groups. :)

I've been programming for 35+ years myself. And been there when dial-up 
BBSs were a thing (I am sure you remember those) even before there was 
such a thing as "Internet".

> P.S. I've saved ~6 years of useful posts from this group. I've been 
> trying to figure out how to organize it in order to create a QWSBFA 
> rather than a FAQ. QWSBFA=="Questions Which Should Be Frequently Asked" ;/
> 
> OWL ducks fer cover ;}

I assume you mean for your own computer (since anyone can use Google to 
search the lists).

Try CherryTree. I use that program for everything. It's cross-platform. 
I download it from the web site instead of using the version in the 
Debian Repo as the latest version fixes some annoying bugs (of which I 
kinda forgot what but would quickly be reminded if I used the repo version).

I think that would be useful for categorizing questions and you can even 
search through them. If you want to save to PDF or HTML, it can export 
to those formats as well.

I've used CherryTree for everything from keeping code snippets to 
installation instructions to writing up tutorials (and exporting to HTML).

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If not "newbie" then ???? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-07-21 17:50 +0200
  Re: If not "newbie" then ???? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-07-21 18:30 +0200
    Re: Re: If not "newbie" then ???? cyaiplexys <cyaiplexys@sitesplace.net> - 2018-07-22 00:20 +0200
      Re: If not "newbie" then ???? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-07-22 03:50 +0200
        Re: If not "newbie" then ???? cyaiplexys <cyaiplexys@sitesplace.net> - 2018-07-22 17:10 +0200
          Re: If not "newbie" then ??? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-07-22 18:10 +0200
          Re: If not "newbie" then ???? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-07-22 21:10 +0200
            Re: If not "newbie" then ???? cyaiplexys <cyaiplexys@sitesplace.net> - 2018-07-26 14:20 +0200
      Re: If not "newbie" then ???? songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2018-07-22 15:10 +0200
        Re: If not "newbie" then ???? cyaiplexys <cyaiplexys@sitesplace.net> - 2018-07-22 17:30 +0200
    Re: If not "newbie" then ???? Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2018-07-22 03:40 +0200
  Re: If not "newbie" then ???? cyaiplexys <cyaiplexys@sitesplace.net> - 2018-07-22 00:10 +0200
    Re: If not "newbie" then ???? Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2018-07-22 04:10 +0200
    Re: If not "newbie" then ???? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-07-22 10:10 +0200
      Re: If not "newbie" then ???? cyaiplexys <cyaiplexys@sitesplace.net> - 2018-07-22 17:20 +0200
        Re: If not "newbie" then ???? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-07-24 11:40 +0200
      CherryTree - was [Re: If not "newbie" then ????] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-08-04 12:30 +0200
        Re: CherryTree - was [Re: If not "newbie" then ????] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-08-04 12:50 +0200
          Re: CherryTree - was [Re: If not "newbie" then ????] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-08-04 13:00 +0200
            Re: CherryTree - was [Re: If not "newbie" then ????] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-08-04 13:10 +0200
    Re: If not "newbie" then ???? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-07-22 14:20 +0200
      Re: If not "newbie" then ???? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-07-22 15:10 +0200
        Re: If not "newbie" then ???? cyaiplexys <cyaiplexys@sitesplace.net> - 2018-07-22 17:20 +0200
      Re: If not "newbie" then ???? cyaiplexys <cyaiplexys@sitesplace.net> - 2018-07-22 17:20 +0200
    Re: If not "newbie" then ???? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-08-05 14:50 +0200
      Re: If not "newbie" then ???? songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2018-08-06 05:30 +0200
        Re: If not "newbie" then ???? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-08-06 15:30 +0200
          Re: If not "newbie" then ???? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-08-06 16:50 +0200
            Searching and organizing emails (Re: If not "newbie" then ????) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-08-23 16:40 +0200
              Re: Searching and organizing emails (Re: If not "newbie" then ????) Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-08-23 18:40 +0200
  Re: If not "newbie" then ???? Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2018-07-22 12:30 +0200
    Re: If not "newbie" then ???? Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2018-07-22 12:40 +0200
      Re: If not "newbie" then ???? Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2018-07-23 10:30 +0200
        Re: If not "newbie" then ???? Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2018-07-23 11:20 +0200
          Re: If not "newbie" then ???? cyaiplexys <cyaiplexys@sitesplace.net> - 2018-07-26 14:30 +0200
  Survival Notes [Was: Re: If not "newbie" then ???? Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2018-07-22 14:20 +0200
    Re: Survival Notes [Was: Re: If not "newbie" then ???? Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2018-07-22 14:50 +0200

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