My basic point about all this is that the needs of "regular users" vs. hobbyists/geeks need not be mutually exclusive.

I'd love to see (for once) newbies having a smooth path to achieving expertise, if that's what they want. Experts were newbies at one point, but had to do a lot of suffering and patient digging to get where they are. It shouldn't have to be that way.

I'd also love to see experienced users get more support, beyond what they manage to give each other. Just because we _can_ solve a problem the hard way doesn't mean we always want to, or can afford to.

More resources like cheat sheets, sample working configurations, troubleshooting guides, etc. would be wonderful. Maybe I'm not looking in the right places.