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[Mark Haney]

NoOp wrote:

> 
> Can you please clarify? You do not use Ubuntu yet you are offering
> advise on an Ubuntu support mailing list?

Yes.  So?  Linux is linux.  Unless you've lived under a rock you should 
know that.  There /are/ differences granted, but those are trivial most 
of the time. Do I really need to run Ubuntu to answer most of the list 
questions?  No.  I don't run Red Hat (or haven't in ages) and I answer 
questions on their list as well.

Are you saying that because I don't run it, that my experience is 
useless?  Okay.  If that's what you think, fine. No skin off my nose. 
I'll be sure to ignore your requests for help since obviously I can't 
help you if I don't run Ubuntu.


> 
>>
>> With that said, I still think it's silly to do that.  Back in the day 
>> (like '93/4) that was considered taboo.  So I don't do it.
> 
> Cite please.

Cite what?  Do I need to cite anything?  I'm not even sure I could pull 
up the list discussion I was on at the time.

> 
> This has been the standard with debian (upon which Ubuntu is based) for
> some time. See:
> 
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-gateway.en.html#s-net-dns


Uh, I run Debian Sarge on 2 DNS servers and they are not setup that way. 
    So, reference manual might say it, but the Debian boxes I manage 
(and were here when I got here) do not have that setup.




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