<div dir="ltr">I love these types of threads! They provide so much enjoyment to my day. The bottom line is that most people who use *nix OSs love them or are in one of two categories [extremely computer literate and willing to fix what they don't like or willing to hack anything]. I fall into the former or the latter, which ever one means hacker, I am no grammarian. While I think that *WE*, the *nix community, should be willing to help those who wish to abandon the chains of a point and click OS and join a community of computer users who have unlimited power to make their OS what they want it to be, not everyone has that inclination. Most people have a desire to lead normal lives. Anyway, my point in commenting on this thread is to say that Linux has come a long way and Ubuntu distro in my opinion is one of the easiest to use, this is probably why Dell now has a Linux offering with Ubuntu. We are hear because we support an OS we love. Whenever someone asks me about installing Linux I say "Do your homework first? You will need to be able to do more than just click on help/troubleshoot" 98% of them never listen, and of that group about 50% have a terrible first experience. Of, those that make it to the Linux side, most are happy and become fairly competent computer users within a couple of months.<br>
<br>Well So Long and Thanks for the Fish...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Dotan Cohen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dotancohen@gmail.com">dotancohen@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">2008/8/29 Mark Haney <<a href="mailto:mhaney@ercbroadband.org">mhaney@ercbroadband.org</a>>:<br>
</div><div class="Ih2E3d">> Sure, n00bs don't always know the proper ways to email lists. I get<br>
> that. They can't always give you the detail you need to fix their<br>
> problem, that also is understood. But when introducing yourself to<br>
> someone you don't shout at them. You shake hands, say, hi I'm new here<br>
> and I need help. Not 'IT"S BROKEN, FIX IT'. You know?<br>
<br>
</div>I've never understood that. Even when I was a complete noob (actually,<br>
I still am after four years of Linux) I never took the mailing list<br>
help for granted. Where does that attitude come from? I could only<br>
guess that it is the average age of users getting lower every year,<br>
and kids today seem to expect everything to be handed to them. Maybe<br>
this could explain it:<br>
<a href="http://xkcd.com/186/" target="_blank">http://xkcd.com/186/</a><br>
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