On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 03:25:32PM -0600, Mike Miller wrote:
> > A newbie who goes around uninstalling things will get his comeuppance.
> 
> In my case, the sound card didn't work until I uninstalled pulse audio. 
> So the newbie on my system would have had a comeuppance either way.

Hopefully the newbie with your system/hardware problem will read a
few threads on the forums, or ask in the IRC, and hopefully whomever
suggests a newbie to do X, has done it already and knows the pitfalls
and how to recover from them.

Cheers,
florin

-- 
Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition.
      http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163
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