Craig Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Brian Nelson wrote: > > > Debian isn't about holding newbies' hands. > > What do you want them to use, Red Hat? Heaven forbid. > > > There isn't a mailing list dedicated to newbies > > installing debian. The information is out there; it's up to them to > > find it, understand it, and apply it. It's like a right of passage. > > > > Besides, isn't this the debian-user mailing list, for discussions > > among debian users?
Although I'm almost done trolling, I just have to comment on this: > Yes, and newbies are also users, so their questions are appropriate in > this forum. So you're saying newbie questions are appropriate... > Of course there isn't a debian-newbies list. Nobody would read such a > thing except the newbies, and they wouldn't be able to answer each > others' questions reliably, for obvious reasons. But no one wants to read newbie questions. So why are they appropriate if no one wants to read them? Personally, I don't think there's anything wrong with newbies banding together and trying to answer each other's questions. Sounds like it would be a great learning experience. Newbies are nothing more than impatient learners. I don't understand why it's so important to help them on this list. I think it's more helpful to not help them, just point them toward the docs and let them help themselves. It will make for a far better Debian experience for them in the long run. Besides, those Outlook attributions are so god damn annoying. They polute the list and make my eyes hurt. -- Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://bignachos.com
