Forget Hardy

[Derek Broughton]

mwbesemer at cox.net wrote:

> When I first started experimenting with Ubuntu/Linux, I expected to find a
> community that was full of knowledge and ready to help.  I'm sorry to say
> that what I've experienced has not been at all like that.  Mario's
> comments below seem all too typical.

Mario's comments are only typical of our response to a person who has been
continually giving out completely erroneous, often stupid, advice on this
list, and complaining about the _good_ advice he has received.  Mario gives
good advice (which I often disagree with, but that's Linux!).

> Regarding security updates, those touting the Linux Kernal are always
> quick to point out that Linux is unlike Windows in that it does not have
> security concerns as Windows does, 

Who ever said that?  Please provide citations, because it's not true, never
has been true, and isn't something I've ever seen.  People are quick to
point out that Linux security concerns are addressed promptly and
publicly - unlike Windows' - but that's not the same thing at all.

> then those of us to are brave enough to 
> give it a try quickly find out differently.

What?  You tried a new kernel and found a serious security issue?  I'm
shocked (not to mention sceptical).

This (and other Ubuntu lists) _is_ "a community ... full of knowledge and
ready to help", but those who bite the hand that feeds tend to get less
help, and we expect people to try to help themselves.  If you posted with a
subject of "pls hlp", or "HELP", probably with lots of exclamations, you
probably never got a response (likely, nobody even read your post).  If you
gave an informative subject, but then - as in the last message I responded
to - said "my Toshiba Satellite can't connect to the Internet", without a
hint of a problem description, most people would just say they don't have
the time to drag the problem out of you.  And if you're given everything
you need to google the answer for yourself, and complain, you get
killfiled.
-- 
derek