Newbie query: Ubuntu vs openSUSE

[Robert Spanjaard]

On Sun, 25 Dec 2011 08:01:05 +0100, Nils Kassube wrote:

>> > > 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.

And it may not be useful at all. It's not that hard to make the problemm 
*worse* by doing "everything else possible to find a solution".
Then, when the newbie finally requests help from the list, the people on 
the list have to deal with a completely messed up system.

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Regards, Robert                                      http://www.arumes.com