[fsug-cusat] Fw: [gnu-malayalam-discuss] Starting off - some tips
- From: "Anivar Aravind" <anivar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: fsug-cusat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 15:58:31 +0800
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mahesh T. Pai"
Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 12:11:39 +0530
To: GNU-Malayalam localisation
Subject: [gnu-malayalam-discuss] Starting off - some tips
> Hi all!!!
>
> Now that internals are over, I guess that most of us are free (free is
> as having time to kill - me excluded), here are some tips to get going.
>
> 1. Stick to the command line interface. I have seen quite a few of you
> using the GUII for configuration. This is not bad idea because GUIs are
> meant to be used. But remember that the GUI hides the actual
> functioning of the system from you. If you use the GUI for
> configuration, please do it only as a means of *testing* the *GUI*;
> after all, the end user will be using the GUI for most of his work.
>
> 2. Remember, there are more than one way of doing things; for example,
> you can install fonts simply by putting the font file in the
> $HOME/.fonts directory. You can also add fonts by putting the directory
> containing the font file in the XFree configuration file. In both
> cases, you need to run ttmkfdir or mkfontdir, depending on kind of font
> being installed in the directory. You can use the output of xlsfonts
> command to see if a particular font is available.
>
> 3. Remember, GNU/Linux gives you a really long rope to do things, and if
> you are not careful, you will hang yourselves, and still have enough
> rope to hang the user too.
>
> 4. When you have problems, read the manual. If the manual does not
> answer, ask google. If google has no answers, ask the mailing list
> archives. If the list archives have no answers, ask the list. As far as
> possible, avoid private mails - because people will have similar
> problems, and by putting your problems (and somebody's solutions) in a
> publicly accessible archive, you are making life easier for all.
>
> 5. If you trash your application configuration, in most cases, you can
> simply move the concerned dotrc file away, and restart the application.
> There is no need to reinstall the app as is common in the non-free
> world. (eg:- You can `reinstall' KDE for a particular user by moving
> the $HOME/.kde* files away). True, this is not a `reinstall' as usually
> understood.
>
> 6. Have a separate login on your machine for development and day-to-day
> work. Make sure that you have different settings for both works.
> Remember that out in the wild bad world, the common user is not going
> to use the same settings as you do.
>
> 7. While upgrading or installing new applications, remember that there
> is no need to reboot your GNU/Linux system unless you want to change
> the kernel. There are means of forcing the applications to re-read
> configuration files.
>
> 8. The above are general observations. Generalisations might not apply
> in certain specific cases.
>
> 9. If you do not get answers from a mailing list, chances are that
> nobody knows the answer.
>
> 11. If you find a bug, do not carp; fix it. Before fixing it, verify
> that it is really a bug and not a feature. You can confirm that a bug
> is a bug by asking the -devel lists for the concerned application. Make
> it a habit to go through the bugzilla pages and mail archives of -devel
> lists.
>
> 10. This list is not complete.
>
> 12. I may be wrong in someplaces. Do not hesitate to point out errors
> when you find them.
>
> --
> Mahesh T. Pai <<>> http://paivakil.port5.com
>
> free - (adj) able to act at will; not hampered; not under
> compulsion or restraint; free from obligations or duties;
> not bound to servitude; at libertyx.
>
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