From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RYKdq-0000jB-6J for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:46:46 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C8CFC21C3A5; Wed, 7 Dec 2011 16:46:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D219221C1DB for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2011 16:44:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f41.google.com ([74.125.82.41]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RYKbn-001FHA-Az for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:44:39 +0700 Received: by wgbdt12 with SMTP id dt12so1997075wgb.4 for ; Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:44:33 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.86.8 with SMTP id v8mr763467wee.42.1323276273064; Wed, 07 Dec 2011 08:44:33 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.103.70 with HTTP; Wed, 7 Dec 2011 08:44:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.103.70 with HTTP; Wed, 7 Dec 2011 08:44:32 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4EDF8FA5.7070002@gmail.com> References: <20111205201409.GA937@gaurahari.merseine.nu> <201112052332.24643.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20111206111531.5d5843bd@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <20111206220439.GA15412@badass.gateway.2wire.net> <4EDF8FA5.7070002@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 23:44:32 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: can one tell me: gentoo vs opensuse From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e6db2dc1321a7404b383441a X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: 00b6c7ad-38d2-4396-bb76-f54ba80ef395 X-Archives-Hash: 652c375b571ce1d6309f9b86bc4bc5e5 --0016e6db2dc1321a7404b383441a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Dec 7, 2011 11:12 PM, "Dale" wrote: > > Grant Edwards wrote: >> >> On 2011-12-07, Stroller wrote: >>> >>> On 6 December 2011, at 23:25, Grant Edwards wrote: >>>> >>>> ... >>>> The Ubuntu documentation seems to be mainly user-forum threads full of >>>> wrong answers posted by people who didn't understand the question. >>> >>> I tried Ubuntu, hated this *so* much. >>> >>> I'm sure all the respondents were just trying to be helpful, but they >>> made Ubuntu look like the distro of idiots. >> >> Ubuntu is intended to be usable by people ignorant of how Linux/Unix >> works. As such, it does tend to get used by people who are ignorant >> of how Linux/Unix works. Asking such a group for technical help is an >> express-train to frustration -- but there doesn't really seem to be >> anywhere you can ask questions of Ubuntu users who _do_ understand >> things. >> > > I installed Kubuntu for my brother a while back. I asked questions about it on here. > > One thing I have learned about this list, even if you ask a question about M$, you get a answer and sometimes more than one. I think about all the people here are geeks, nerds or some such thing. > I think that's because we're technophiles first, Gentooroid second. :-) Rgds, --0016e6db2dc1321a7404b383441a Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Dec 7, 2011 11:12 PM, "Dale" <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Grant Edwards wrote:
>>
>> On 2011-12-07, Stroller<stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> =C2=A0wrote:
>>>
>>> On 6 December 2011, at 23:25, Grant Edwards wrote:
>>>>
>>>> ...
>>>> The Ubuntu documentation seems to be mainly user-forum thr= eads full of
>>>> wrong answers posted by people who didn't understand t= he question.
>>>
>>> I tried Ubuntu, hated this *so* much.
>>>
>>> I'm sure all the respondents were just trying to be helpfu= l, but they
>>> made Ubuntu look like the distro of idiots.
>>
>> Ubuntu is intended to be usable by people ignorant of how Linux/Un= ix
>> works. =C2=A0As such, it does tend to get used by people who are i= gnorant
>> of how Linux/Unix works. =C2=A0Asking such a group for technical h= elp is an
>> express-train to frustration -- but there doesn't really seem = to be
>> anywhere you can ask questions of Ubuntu users who _do_ understand=
>> things.
>>
>
> I installed Kubuntu for my brother a while back. =C2=A0I asked questio= ns about it on here.
>
> One thing I have learned about this list, even if you ask a question a= bout M$, you get a answer and sometimes more than one. =C2=A0I think about = all the people here are geeks, nerds or some such thing.
>

I think that's because we're technophiles first, Gentooroid seco= nd. :-)

Rgds,

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