gnu/linux distros, was: Re: flame wars?

Gregory Nowak gnowak1 at uic.edu
Fri Mar 29 15:42:18 EST 2002


Since you're a gnu/linux veteran, at the risk of starting a distro war, may I ask if you have a favorate distro? If so, which one and why. Thanks.
Greg


On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 07:34:46PM +0800, Kerry Hoath wrote:
> I don't think any particular user is a lamer or a looser or any other demeaning
> term.
> I do have a problem when a user asks a question that I have allready
> answered in a message to them.
> If you don't understand something ask for clarification, and if at first you don't understand
> a message I have sent answering your question, stash it away since
>  you may get a piece of knowledge that will clear things up.
> I agree; list trafic is low on this list, and if it were not;
> I would unsubscribe since I pay per megabyte received at 20.9 cents per meg.
> I do remember when I was new to Linux, although when I got involved
> the only distribution available was sls and you build everything from
> source once you had core binaries. These were the days of kernel 0.99p4
> which had no networking code in it by default and no sound driver.
> As a result; I am used to doing things the hard way,
> and in some cases the slow way. Things have definitely become easier
> however there is still a lot to learn for the new user.
> If terms are confusing, try http://www.whatis.com since they  have both a simple and complex
> definition of a lot of things that suits the novice and expert alike.
> Remember, there are list archives, and although this can be tedious often they may
> contain answers to problems that have allready been covered on the list.
> This does not mean you are not free to re-ask a question, but it can save time
> if the answer is easy to find.
> 
> Regards, Kerry.
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 05:16:56PM -0500, Igor Gueths wrote:
> > Yeah I might do that. But he might think I am a lamer or something. But I don't think that lamers understand C too well. 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: Ann Parsons <akp at eznet.net>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 5:05 PM
> > Subject: flame wars?
> > 
> > 
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > Igor, you're right for the most part.  think maybe you need to write
> > > privately to Kerry and find out why he is miffed with you.  <smile>
> > > No reason for flame wars.
> > > 
> > > I will state again, that if you don't know what you're looking for in
> > > docs, it doesn't do you a bit of good to look for it.  'rmuser' is not
> > > 'userdel', and the second command can not be found unless you know it
> > > exists.   I suspect too, that the reference in the documentation is to
> > > deleting users rather than removing them, hence the stumbling block.
> > > I repeat, if you look on linuxdoc for 'skuzzy', you won't find it.  If
> > > you look for SCSI, you'll find documentation galore. 
> > > 
> > > No worries, think there's just been a misunderstanding.
> > > 
> > > Ann P.
> > >  
> > > -- 
> > > Ann K. Parsons  
> > > email:  akp at eznet.net ICQ Number:  33006854
> > > WEB SITE:  http://home.eznet.net/~akp
> > > "All that is gold does not glitter.  Not all those who wander are lost."  JRRT
> > > 
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