On (20/09/03 23:54), Greg Folkert wrote: > Gerald, For the life of me, I cannot understand you[r] REAL question. > > I want you to understand, Debian *IS* the ultimate Linux Distribution. I > find your wording very insulting. You need to ask smart questions. You > need to be a bit more logically descriptive. > > There are a lot warnings Debian give that OTHER distributions just gloss > over. The Kernel Linking issue with older Kernels. By default Woody > installs with the 2.2.20 Kernel. You can choose the BF2.4 Kernel (which > is 2.4.18 non-initrd) if you want to try newer kernels. > > I understand your problems with the binutils package, that is a > "informational" warning. It is of no concern for you if you run Debian > Stock Kernels (which is the recommended way to go). > > Also, understand there is NO commercial interest in Debian. It is 100% > Volunteer... and 100% Non-Profit... it Does have a Social Contract that > is very stringent about what can be "Debian" ... So when you claim > Debian will just be a "Clubber" style Distro... you are sadly mistaken. > It will more than likely out live RedHat, ManDrake, Slackware, SuSE or > any other Commercial Distro barring commercial distros based on Debian. > > I am sure you meant [n]o harm, but you came across very belligerent... > Help/Tell me or Else never works on Debian people, rather it just sets > you into the ignore/twit file they have. > > My best advice to you is: > Ask Smart Questions - http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > Be pleasant - Do [not] be belligerent > Give GOOD details, in other words describe the problem well, describe > what you have done to try and fix it (if anything), Tell the > circumstances under which it was encountered. Last but not least realize > we are ALL volunteers... most of us have real jobs besides trying to > make Debian and Linux in general a good thing. > > There are some VERY VERY good heads chocked full of info lurking on this > list, if your demeanor is one of an "open mind" you'll be surprised how > many more people respond.
Great response (in spite of a few typos) ;) Perhaps a cleaned up version should be dispatched to anyone arriving at Debian for the first time? It says in a few paragraphs, what one learns over time ;) Regards Clive -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
