Re: General Apology,

-- Fedora Core 6 and proud On 5/8/07, Jonathan Hutchins hutchins@tarcanfel.org wrote: > On Tuesday 08 May 2007 06:08:21 pm Earle Beason wrote: > > > I didn't realize how much of an impact that last message would have, > > Like a rock dropped in a cave of sleeping dragons? Hey, about time we got > some life showing around here. > > I could've been more clear about my concepts. Let me say in my defense that > one of the reasons I chose to vent was that I spend several hours a day in > IRC support channels helping people who do want to learn how to make their > computer work for them. Unfortunately, this is also where I meet a few with > bad attitudes who expect someone else do do the work for them. > > One other thing I see is a surprising lack of initiative. People will log on > to IRC and ask "what will happen if I ...". Did it occur to you to just try > it and see? Today it was "If I burn a bootable CD iso to a DVD, will it > still be bootable?". Is it worth the cost of a blank DVD to find out? > > It does seem like there are some areas of Linux where people think that those > with knowledge are superior to those without. Slackware definitely has that > reputation. I've encountered developers who's attitude is "if you can't > figure it out from the source code, you don't deserve to run our software". > Guess what? I don't. There are also attitudes that if you aren't a c0der, > you're a luser. > > Some people claim that the learning curve of *nix has always been steep > because those at the top consider their knowledge as a form of elitism. I > admit that it is difficult to distinguish their grumbling over GUI > configuration tools from my own (which is (of course) based on a desire to > have people learn the command line so they understand what's going on). > > That said, the members of the KCLUG mailing list have consistently been one of > the best resources for learning linux and solving linux problems, as well as > general technical info. They're also generally friendly and polite, although > some of us do enjoy a good argument now and again. > > I hope there are no ruffled feelings anywhere, it's all in the spirit of good > life and communication. Oh, and welcome to the list! > _______________________________________________ > Kclug mailing list > Kclug@kclug.org > http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug > -- Fedora Core 6 and proud