On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 12:39, DonaldKGeorgi at aol.com wrote: > Hello, > > It seems that I was chastised for bringing my plans for implementing Linux to > this forum. Sorry to hear you feel that way. I would find it a bit hard to believe that you didn't expect to get a few nasty messages when sending a message with the subject of "Masochism"... Anyway, this comes up from time to time. People have suggested in the past that the mailing list be divided up to more specifically target newbies, system administrators, and other sub-groups. However, this idea is generally rejected because that would mean that people who have wide interests would have to subscribe to a number of lists, rather than just one. However, I think the main difficulty new members of the mailing list come across is the fact that their problems aren't "sexy" enough. This is something that cuts across whole swaths of the worldwide open source community. Lots of smart people like to work on things they enjoy, but certain subjects are just boring to them. Additionally, many members of this list are system administrators or technical support personnel, and I'm sure they get sick of hearing the same problems all of the time. Of course, some people are just assholes, or got stuck in asshole-for-a-day mode. A few things to remember: 1. Without a good support infrastructure (like in a corporate environment), Linux requires you to be willing to learn. This is true of any operating system, of course, but it's more apparent to people who grew up on Windows. 2. Google is your friend. Learn to love keywords. Also, Linux has a lot of documentation available on the system (`man man', or look in /usr/share/doc/...) 3. Certain areas of Linux have their own vast communities. Laptops, for instance, have the wonderful resource of http://www.linux-laptop.net/ -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ A clear conscience is / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ usually the sign of a bad \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) memory. [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20030626/f41a3701/attachment.pgp