README: Current Fedora Core 2 Problems & Solutions/Helpful Links

Robert P. J. Day rpjday at mindspring.com
Sat Jul 24 13:40:21 UTC 2004


On Sat, 24 Jul 2004, Lisa (TheAverageJane) wrote:

... 10K worth of snipped stuff ...

is there a point to the occasional posting of a bunch of (admittedly 
perhaps useful but) unsolicited advice?  particularly when it contains 
clearly broken links like:

> http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.6/RPMS. kernel/

or simple pointers to fedora-based web sites for no particular reason?

> Try the Fedora Forum:
>
> http://www.fedoraforum.org/

or thoroughly generic advice to use google:

> Try Google:
>
> http://www.google.com/
> -or-
> http://www.google.com/linux

or ironic advice regarding netiquette:

> The first is Netiquette:
>
> -Don't top-post.  Please put your reply *below* the reply of the person
> that posted before you.
> -Cut irrelevant text from the post before yours. It's polite to indicate
> this in some way.
> -Don't post in HTML, use plain text as some folks' mail readers don't
> read HTML format....

how about: don't post lengthy answers to unasked questions.  if you've 
got this much to say, get a web page, ok?

cynically and suspiciously yours,
rday





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