HOWTO: Get Linux support on any bbs/list

"I don't think that Linux will ever be ready for the desktop until it starts supporting [describe your issue here]."

Discuss.

interesting thread. i've always given up on any Unix I try within a few minutes because I'm afraid of forums for being too advanced to provide basic answers to things like "how do I go about starting x" and no realtime support place knows Linux enough beyond "idk i use ubuntu try googling it?"

What Unix-pushers have trouble realizing is that Unix is learned through manuals, and no desktop user reads manuals, much less manuals written with previous knowledge assumed. There needs to be a place for morons like me to go.

Is there some sort of website that attempts to try to help newbies out with the things that'll run them into the wall within the first 3 minutes? I can only use floppy net installers, so all of the easy, mainstream modern Linuxes are out of the question.