For those of us having troubles comprehending manuals provided to us, this site will go a long way in our ability to conquer all. Read it, understand it, apply it.


http://www.altgeek.org/methuselah/rtfm/

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Yes this is a joke, do not take it too seriously
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Please note that this is just a joke and Linuxquestions.org makes a concious effort to *never* say "RTFM" to any post.

How about just RTM?

Cute, but not really any more helpful than just "RTFM" by itself.

Having RTFM myself many times, I know all too well that manuals and manpages, especially in the Linux world, are rarely comprehensible to non-geeks (and only slightly less rarely comprehensible to geeks). Sometimes, for some tasks, it is right, just, and good to require manual reading. For simple things, it should not be necessary. For instance, I still think it's abhorrent and annoying that non-trivial knowledge about vertical and horizontal sync ranges, along with the correct keywords to use in editing a cryptic text configuration file, is required in order to use a different screen resolution or a different monitor with XFree86. RTFM will help you, yes, but there's no excuse why it should be mandatory, especially when there is a helpful community of ex-newbies to answer even the most basic questions about Linux

I still don't understand what that means. I just make a guess, and if it doesn't work I try a different number.