[TAG] Silly question but...

[Ben Okopnik]

Hi, Don -

On Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 09:24:58PM -0600, Don Crowder wrote:
> I've become very fond of Debian (Sarge) Linux even though it can be a tough 
> row for a beginner to hoe.  I noticed that the Linux Gazette was in the 
> repository so I downloaded the whole set thinking that reading them all would 
> be a good learning experience only now I can't find them.  Synaptic says 
> they're on my computer but it doesn't tell me "where they live" nor, for that 
> matter, is it clear what application will be needed to read them (though I'd 
> expect them to be HTML files, readable by a browser but that's an assumption, 
> thus suspect.).  At any rate, I'd be grateful for a clue  Sure, I could have
> found a Debian forum and asked there but they wouldn't have a vested interest 
> in the answer to my question, like you do *grin*.

[laugh] You're a smart fellow, Don - just what I'd do in a similar
situation, including the expository.
 
> I've often lamented the fact that I'm not able to become a Linux developer but 
> I promote Linux as best I can by writing about it in my email and in the 
> twice-monthly ezine my wife and I write.  We also "talk it up" at every 
> opportunity.  I

Well, there's all kinds of stuff you could do with 'apt-cache' to tell
you where the files are, but in short, they're all under
'/usr/share/doc/lg*'. In fact, '/usr/share/doc' should be the first
place you look for anything on your system that doesn't have built-in
help or a manpage.

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Best,
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* Ben Okopnik * Editor-in-Chief, Linux Gazette * http://LinuxGazette.NET *