That sure is the Linux mentality. Want to know the time? Here are instructions (incomplete, vague, and written with a snotty, know-it-all contempt for newbies) to mine ore, refine metal, and make a sundial.
One of the funniest things I ever read was a set of instructions for setting up networking on Linux - it read, "If you see something you don't recognize, Google on it and get hip." Umm, hello, setting up network access - Google doesn't work without said access...
Umm wnat to knwo the time, look at the clock in the bottom panel of the defaul installations (which is graphical) of your dang computer, just like windows...
The funny thing is that this is exactly how UNIX got its start in the industry. Most people don't remember that UNIX was an OS that was originally ONLY used internally at AT&T. They were not allowed to sell it, due to the antitrust restrictions placed on AT&T. What they did though, was license the source code to universities, and by doing that, they were able to get new people familiar with the OS internals, right out of college... Sound familiar? back then, there were no freindly guides to UNIX. When I begain working with UNIX, my "tutorials" were the UNIX MAN pages, the AT&T System 7 Programmers Guide (it looked like a telephone directory) and Steven Bourne's "Russian Doll" book.
One of the funniest things I ever read was a set of instructions for setting up networking on Linux - it read, "If you see something you don't recognize, Google on it and get hip." Umm, hello, setting up network access - Google doesn't work without said access...
At least you have google! We had to use carrier pigeons
and
or 150bps acoustic couplers and modems!
Mark