On Thursday 04 September 2008 10:22:11 Romeo Ninov wrote: > > It's good that a newbie wants to help other newbies. As for the quality > > of information, I've seen people who have several years of experience > > give advice that was true years ago but completely wrong now. A newbie > > basing his information on what he learned as working for him will at > > least be up to date. > > > > > > Anne, that's true too, but usually information and experience of newbie > ever it is contemporary is not enough for resolve mid or high complexity > problems. The only advantage will be for some very general notes and > suggestions. And ever in this case the advise can be wrong or useless > (as example - filesystems sizing) Mid or high complexity problems are not likely to be covered in such a site, though, are they? And the advice is no more likely to be wrong than much advice I've seen from seasoned linuxers. The big problem is that it takes a while for users to get to know which particular advisors to believe. On one high-volume list I read I would never follow three quarters of the advice I see there (and no, it's not a ubuntu list), whereas there are maybe half a dozen contributors that I would trust utterly. The newbie doesn't know that. Meanwhile, hostile reception of well-meaning efforts does put off a great many newbies, which is a real shame. Anne
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