On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:08:32 -0700 Joe Zeff <joe@xxxxxxx> wrote: > And I'll add two of my own. First, people who think there's One True > Way to do everything and assume that everybody knows and loves their > favorite tools. Not everybody knows (or wants to know) vi, so if > you're going to tell a beginner to use it, include complete > instructions, including how to save and exit. Not everybody (except > on Ubuntu) uses sudo for root access. Some of us prefer su, and > don't particularly like the assumption that everybody in the world > uses sudo; just tell us to do something *as root* and let us decide > what tool to use. > > Second, people who expect you to know their hardware, their update > status, what DE they're using and so on and never give out such > elementary info without being asked, often several times. Included > in this, btw, are people who report that a program failed with an > error message that they didn't bother to write down, so that nobody > has the slightest idea what actually happened. Some of that is very healthy as it MIGHT depict growth in Linux and/or Fedora. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
