It never ceases to amaze me that those who are so very knowledgeable, once were as ignorant as a newborn baby when it comes to computers, linux, etc. Those "arrogant" people act as if they were BORN with their knowledge, but they weren't. They had to learn it by asking questions just like everyone else. I'm NO expert, far from it, but I have learned lots thru the proper way of training, by lists such as this, and by the good graces of others who were not arrogant, and willing to share their knowledge. If possible, I will share what I know with ANYONE who asks for it. I have no use for arrogant people who were once as ignorant as anyone else. There are many helpful people here, and I'm thankful for that. As a whole, the linux movement was about a group of people getting together to share knowledge, and if it weren't for that, open source would be a failure. Those who feel themselves "superior" here, and feel themselves above others, can flame to their hearts content. Pay them no attention. They don't embrace the "Open Source" idea, most likely won't share what they know, and you will find others who don't have that mindset more than willing to assist when possible. JEFFREY WIMMER ----- Original Message ----- From: "Buck" <RHList@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 6:49 PM Subject: RE: General Linux ListServ > My questions concern generic aspects such as backup procedures, hard > drive partitions, and other things that aren't related to a particular > version. I have tried asking before and told to go to other lists. > > You don't sound snide. I've never seen this type of question have to be > asked before. > > I have lots of experience with peer-to-peer lans but no schooling or > dealing with the real thing. I have lots of questions concerning > networking in general, layouts, particulars for equipment, etc. I know > I could throw something together and it work, but I would like to learn > how to set them up properly. > > I am a member of several lists and one of them got upset that I asked > about backups once. > > Thanks for asking > > Buck > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Jeff Wimmer > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 7:23 PM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: General Linux ListServ > > > I don't mean this to sound snide, but there is no "General Linux" > distro....I don't know if you mean you're asking a question about > OpenSSL for example, even though it runs on all Unix/Linux versions. I > would assume you have the version running on RH. Just be a member of a > list for the distro of Linux you have, SuSE, Debian, Mandrake, whatever. > I would think you'd get your questions answered on most any package > assuming it's included and running on the particular distro you're > using. > > I like RH, have used it for years, and won't use anything else, unless > it's maybe Fedora, but I would personally answer ANY question here if I > knew the answer, relating to Linux of any flavor. I'm a member of the > Sun Solaris managers list and you talk about off topic flaming if you > don't ask a specific question about Solaris....it's terrible, but I > guess it also saves peoples time. > > There are trade offs to everything > > > JEFFREY WIMMER > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Buck" <RHList@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "RH List" <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 6:11 PM > Subject: General Linux ListServ > > > > I have several questions that are general to Linux. I have had my > > nose bitten several times now on various lists asking what isn't Red > > Hat specific. I am wondering if there is a listserv for General Linux > > > questions. > > > > Thanks for the help > > Buck > > > > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
