Newbie query: Ubuntu vs openSUSE

[Rameshwar Kr. Sharma]

On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:

>> > > Giving you the benefit of the doubt that you're not a troll,
>> > > before you leap to post a question to this, or any other, list
>> > > when you get stuck, *please* read

>> > > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#rtfm

>> > Bad, not a good language, behave like Liam! Shame on you!

>> I have no idea what you're talking about!

> I'm not sure, but I think he means the way the text is written. IMHO it
> intimidates people, especially newbies. When I first read that text, I
> thought the author meant to say: "Don't ask questions unless you have
> spent a long time to do everything else possible to find a solution. And
> if you then really need to ask, prove to us that you have done your
> homework." Therefore I would never point anyone to that text even though
> the contents is useful. It is just the way it is written which makes it
> a bad text.

If it hurts, I really feel sorry, but yes Nils is right. I just meant
that you could have used a little more sweet language, a sober way to
communicate.