Newbie query: Ubuntu vs openSUSE

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Sun, 25 Dec 2011 08:01:05 +0100
Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:

> Robert Holtzman wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 11:23:27PM +0530, Rameshwar Kr. Sharma
> > wrote:
> > > On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 11:08 PM, Robert Holtzman
> > > <holtzm at cox.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.
> 
> Nils
> 
In response I'd just like to point out two sentences in ESR's page:

"When this happens, the worst thing you can do is whine about the
experience, claim to have been verbally assaulted, demand apologies,
scream, hold your breath, threaten lawsuits, complain to people's
employers, leave the toilet seat up, etc. Instead, here's what you do:

Get over it. It's normal. In fact, it's healthy and appropriate."

Cybe R. Wizard
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