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HTML
203 lines
3.2 KiB
HTML
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>Frequently-Asked-Questions (FAQs)</TITLE
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>2. Frequently-Asked-Questions (FAQs)</H1
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>
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Users of Internet Newsgroups and Mailing lists soon discovered that some
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basic questions were being asked over and over again. To provide an
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answer to these questions, and to avoid them being repeated continually,
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FAQs were developed, listing the most classical questions and their
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agreed answers.
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</P
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A list of FAQs is also a traditional accompaniment to Linux-related
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software. The FAQ is the first document to peruse when troubleshooting a
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particular application. It provides answers to typical questions, and is
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a good place to start troubleshooting a specific problem. In addition,
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FAQs exist for Linux distributions, window managers, and the so-called
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desktop environments (KDE and Gnome).
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</P
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A FAQ is typically provided online by the developers of the product in
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question, and enterprising users sometimes host an
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<SPAN
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CLASS="QUOTE"
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>"unofficial"</SPAN
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> FAQ as well. Search for the latter with an
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Internet search engine.
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</P
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For Linux newbies, I provide links to two FAQs that collectively
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address <EM
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>many</EM
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> of the questions posted to the Usenet
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newsgroups:
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HREF="http://www.tldp.org/FAQ/Linux-FAQ/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>The Linux FAQ</A
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>The Linux Kernel mailing list
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FAQ</A
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>Introduction</TD
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