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Linux Snobs, The Real Barriers to Entry

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you-all-know-them dept.

McSnarf writes "It's not Windows. It's not distro wars. Sometimes it's just the arrogant attitude that keeps people from switching from Windows. 'As I spoke to newbies, one Windows user who wanted to learn about Linux shared the encouraging and constructive note (not) he received from one of the project members. The responding note read: "Hi jackass, RTFM and stop wasting our time trying to help you children learn.""

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  1. I call bullshit by Nichotin · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The article assumes that "n00b-haters" does not exist at all from other platforms. I just recently got told to go screw myself by a MCSE, because I nagged him ten thousand times about how to find the Active Directory wizard. There you go, more anecdotal evidence.

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    Dvorak on Doomtech