Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 4th Dec 2003 04:42 UTC
My husband hooked me up on Slackware almost three months ago (he used to run Slackware in the '90s). While I use a large range of OSes on a daily basis, when I am under Linux I now prefer to use Slackware. This is my mini-article with thoughts on Slackware 9.1 after using it for three months on and off. Ten screenshots are included.
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I think this attitude about the newsgroup is wrong. If you spend time reading that group you will find that they are very helpful when an intelligent question is asked. The do not suffer fools gladly however. If you ask a question that you can easily find the answer to by reading the email that Pat puts in roots mailbox, if you ask a question that is answered in the group's FAQ, if you ask a question that is on the man page, you will normally be informed of that. The answer may be a bit rude and you may be told that next time you should at least put out a little effort to find the answer yourself. But part of the learning process is developing the ability to read the friendly manuals that are provided.
For beginners that are unable to figure very simple problems out for themselves by googling, or RTFMing there are other places to ask questions. You can go to irc.freenode.net, #slackware. Or you can ask on linuxquestions.org. Both of these are more forgiving of newbies. But when you have a tough problem that you have researched and can not find an answer at these 2 places, then the newsgroup is the place to go. They are very knowledgeable and very helpful when asked a question that has not been asked and answered a dozen times. These regulars are always reading this group. They don't come and go. How much patience would anyone have when they are asked for the hundredth time, "why does my screen just have text on it and not a pretty desktop.
The only people I have ever seen that they reported to their ISP were complete arses that were spamming the newsgroup or making threatening remarks. Perhaps you fell into one of those categories. Most readers of the newsgroup are very good at killfiling posters and would not need to report someone to their ISP for just asking a stupid question.