On 2009-05-19, Tony(UK) <tony_smith100@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 19 May 2009 11:29:39 -0600, GPS wrote:
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>> Tony(UK) wrote:
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>>> On Fri, 15 May 2009 16:33:13 +1000, Terry Porter wrote:
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>>>> General Patron wrote:
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> Other people's hardware will (or may) show different results, and this is
> one of the biggest problem Linux faces - it is impossible to test any
> operating system with every users configuration available out there.
>
> One other problem on equal terms with this is the flames and insults when
> someone dares to voice their problems with a distro.
If your statement of the problem can't be taken as a proper bug
report than you earn any ill will you generate. There's a lot of
crap to wade through. Decreasing the S/N ratio is at the very least
counterproductive.
> 'Works for me', 'You don't know what you are doing', 'Idiot', etc.
> coupled with the odd personal attack thrown in for good measure is the
> challenge for any reviewer of distributions of all kinds, and with the
> attitude of individuals on the Debian forums to newcomers, coupled with
> the flames and attacks one gets for daring just to post on this group,
> doesn't help the cause at all. Linux ultimately loses.
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