H.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Kent West wrote: > > Historically this list has been tolerant of off-topic threads, likely > > because such threads have tended to be short-lived. > > any helpful comments other than "read the manual". Those lists were so > full of arrogant self-proclaimed Linux or Unix experts, that there was > hardly any sharing of useful information other than between the "gurus". > Maybe such newsgroups and lists still exist.
For the record, I have slagged off my fair share of presumed clueless twits, and I'm not attempting to absolve myself with this. I'd argue I tried to ensure they deserved it. However, those lists do still exist. They're often targets of spammers and twits, but *.linux.* is still quite useful and readable (given a decent news client [read "Scoring" and "kill files"]). > I was a newbie once (well, still am) and experienced those. But > Debian, on the other hand, is a very mature, respectful and > extremely helpful list. Simply love this list. I've mentioned elsewhere that a couple of years ago, this recent OT deluge would have caused the OTers to be flayed alive. d-u has almost become sedentary in that respect, or perhaps just matured. Or, perhaps *buntu really has drawn off all the twits we once suffered. Yay! :-) OT is important for "community." I remember fighting tooth and nail with Steve Lamb about procmail. I'd no idea he and I share so many political opinions (I think :-). -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me. Spammers! http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling/emails.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
