At some point everyone who is commenting here had no idea what they were doing. They then turned to the tools available to them to do whatever it was they needed. It's easy when you can call Sun or HP to get support but that option is just not available to most Linux newbies.
After working in the industry for 15 years there have been too many opportunities for me to say RTFM. It's easy to say RTFM when there is a FM that is up to date and covers your problem. As we all well know this is all to frequently not the case.
It is also fine if you stay within the tried and proven but with the myriad of devices/software out there and the interactions required there is always someone out there trying to do something that is not well documented.
It's also awfully funny that these guys will so willingly bash a newbie but not hesitate to post/ask a question requesting help from users with expertise in their problem area. What do they call themselves at that point???
I'm tired now and don't want to be on my soap box anymore but I hope a few folks out there get the point.
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At some point everyone who is commenting here had no idea what they were doing. They then turned to the tools available to them to do whatever it was they needed. It's easy when you can call Sun or HP to get support but that option is just not available to most Linux newbies.
After working in the industry for 15 years there have been too many opportunities for me to say RTFM. It's easy to say RTFM when there is a FM that is up to date and covers your problem. As we all well know this is all to frequently not the case.
It is also fine if you stay within the tried and proven but with the myriad of devices/software out there and the interactions required there is always someone out there trying to do something that is not well documented.
It's also awfully funny that these guys will so willingly bash a newbie but not hesitate to post/ask a question requesting help from users with expertise in their problem area. What do they call themselves at that point???
I'm tired now and don't want to be on my soap box anymore but I hope a few folks out there get the point.