The man pages are only a TINY part of the documentation UNIX (HPUX, Solaris, AIX, name it) came with. There use to be a HUGE box with some 20kg of manuals in something like 30 different volumes. There was a "User guide" which was an introductory guide to the basic concepts, a "Programmer guide", and many many others. Also there were printed versions of ALL the man pages, collected in the so-called reference manuals.
Ten years later, it is no exaggeration to say that the basic documentation is still missing. In particular the three "core" volumes "Linux User Guide", "Linux System Administrator Guide" and "Linux Network Administrator Guide" are really really outdated and/or incomplete. The HOWTOs are greate, but they are so narrowly-focused thay can hardly be called something like "Linux documentation". A good user guide for the total unix newbie is still missing. Too bad.
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Indeed the situation is so bad that MANY people think Gimp is a dead project. The fact that new distros (eg Slackware 9.1) are packaged with gimp1.2 also doesn't help at all. A new stable version is what it is really really really needed NOW.
Gnahhhrrrrg I keep hearing this argument over and over. But knowing how to do things right (and why) is the ONLY way to survive to new problems and situations that the STL does not solve.
That's one of the reason I hate Java. Its huge library lets you write programs without having to learn or understand what the hell you are doing.
Thanksfully, when I learned to program, I had to code my own hashtables.
By the way, the original URL is http://www.aspalliance.com/dagon/. And this is really not a problem. Just turn off Java and JavaScript and it will work fine.
In the beginnig, there was TeX. It was the first BIG and SERIOUS software whose source was open (and it was meant to be read, and revised). This was before RMS started the GNU project...
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The man pages are only a TINY part of the documentation UNIX (HPUX, Solaris, AIX, name it) came with. There use to be a HUGE box with some 20kg of manuals in something like 30 different volumes. There was a "User guide" which was an introductory guide to the basic concepts, a "Programmer guide", and many many others. Also there were printed versions of ALL the man pages, collected in the so-called reference manuals.
That is NOT part of the LDP.
Ten years later, it is no exaggeration to say that the basic documentation is still missing. In particular the three "core" volumes "Linux User Guide", "Linux System Administrator Guide" and "Linux Network Administrator Guide" are really really outdated and/or incomplete. The HOWTOs are greate, but they are so narrowly-focused thay can hardly be called something like "Linux documentation". A good user guide for the total unix newbie is still missing. Too bad.
Indeed the situation is so bad that MANY people think Gimp is a dead project. The fact that new distros (eg Slackware 9.1) are packaged with gimp1.2 also doesn't help at all. A new stable version is what it is really really really needed NOW.
I loved this one. The wolf-goat-cabbage problem will never be the same again.
Gnahhhrrrrg I keep hearing this argument over and over. But knowing how to do things right (and why) is the ONLY way to survive to new problems and situations that the STL does not solve.
That's one of the reason I hate Java. Its huge library lets you write programs without having to learn or understand what the hell you are doing.
Thanksfully, when I learned to program, I had to code my own hashtables.
you meant "Staff that mutters"
It's an awful movie, anyway.
And what about Syberia?
Actually, this has nothing to do with Forgent.
RTFA!
You say "Or you can buy an unlimited rights pack that lets you listen to it all you want forever"
Mhh, but "forever" = "as long as the system is up and working"
Look at the two "chess" pictures.
Look closely at the bottom-right corner
Both images are signed "monos"
It is just the same picture, just scaled down.
Same here. I hate this kind of web sites.
By the way, the original URL is http://www.aspalliance.com/dagon/. And this is really not a problem. Just turn off Java and JavaScript and it will work fine.
looks like ftp.netscape.com is really in good shape... I downloaded it at 215 K/sec AVERAGE... GO GET IT !!
I totally agree. This must be a joke (and yes, I'm a CS grad, too)
In the beginnig, there was TeX. It was the first BIG and SERIOUS software whose source was open (and it was meant to be read, and revised). This was before RMS started the GNU project...
I'm very worried. Not only this is not an MS exclusive, it's something that can be coded in 10 minutes...