Okay . . .
Thank you for the input.
May I just state that I can (and do) use all of the information resources
aforementioned. Oh, if you only knew the may hours I have spent reading,
reading, reading. Yes, I have learned much from reading.
But reading is not always the most efficient or even the most effective
learning modality. Often, just asking questions is the best way to promote
knowledge transfer.
Having said that, in the interest of avoiding the potential of adverse
sentiment, perhaps further discussion on this point might better be taken
"off-list"?
Now regarding mailing lists, I believe this is the collection of official
Arch (publically available) mailing lists:
*List* *Description* *arch-announce*
https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-announce Arch Linux
Announcements *arch-commits*
https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-commits Arch Linux packaging
commits *arch-dev-public*
https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-dev-public Public mailing list
for Arch Linux development *arch-events*
https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-events Arch Linux Events
*arch-general* https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-general General
Discussion about Arch Linux *arch-mirrors*
https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-mirrors Arch Linux Mirroring
Discussion and Announcements *arch-multilib*
https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-multilib Arch Linux Multilib
(32bit libs on 64bit OSes) *arch-ports*
https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-ports Discussion regarding the
porting of Arch Linux to non-i686 architectures *arch-projects*
https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-projects Arch Linux projects
development discussion *arch-releng*
https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-releng Arch Linux Release
Engineering *arch-security*
https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-security Discussion about
security issues in Arch Linux and its packages *arch-women*
https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/arch-women Mailing list for the Arch
Women project *aur-dev* https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/aur-dev Arch
User Repository (AUR) Development *aur-general*
https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/aur-general Discussion about the
Arch User Repository (AUR) *aur-requests*
https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/aur-requests Public mailing list for
AUR package deletion/merge/orphan requests *pacman-dev*
https://lists.archlinux.org/listinfo/pacman-dev Discussion list for
pacman development
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After carefully reviewing it, I have not yet found a list more suitable to
my limited capabilities, such as:
arch-newbies@archlinux.org
or
arch-for-the-cognitively-challenged@archlinux.org
So, for now, all I can do is:
- keep looking
- keep reading
- keep asking
Cheers!
On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Aaron Caffrey
Hello Francis,
In archlinux you have to rely on the wiki, man pages and info documents more often than you do in the mail list, as a lot the wiki pages there are written by people that have dedicated a lot of their free time to write the provided information correctly and well explained, also they make sure that most of the pages are up to date.
A quick 5-10 minutes web research would nail almost all of your future quirks. And if you can't, feel free to submit a new message to the mail list as there are always nerds around that would help you out.
Best regards, Aaron Caffrey