* martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus:
> also sprach Nicolás Conde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.12.10.0901 -0800]:
> > 1. RTFM (Read The Friendly Manual)
> > 2. Search the {archives | HOW-TOs}
<<snip>>
> anyway, i think the general feel is that anyone should rather post a
> question on this list than to get lost and give up! reading the manual
> and researching is educational, but you need to know the basics first!
>
> > 3. Ask your local {Linux | Unix} guru (if you have one)
>
> i would disagree with that mainly since i tend to be that guru. the
> mailing list is (a) a place where there is *a lot more* knowledge than
> a guru has, and (b) it's a forum where everyone can profit. every too
> often i stumble upon a thread that is very interesting, or which
> solved a problem of mine. this is the true power of the mailing lists.
>
> only questions unasked are stupid questions! and the mailing list is
> there for the debian users. don't abuse it because you are lazy, but
> don't be intimidated because you feel like you don't know the stuff,
> and could appear as an ignorant luser... you are running debian, you
> are, by definition, part of the elite :)
Bravo. Excellently put Martin, I wish I had such a way with words.
Stig,
guilty of sneering "rtfm!" a bit too often (maybe not here though..)
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