Re: Linux is not for consumers!
scripsit Monique Y. Herman:
> A lot of times, people post very app-specific questions to, say, this
> debian-user list. I've done this myself. Perhaps no one on this list
> has the expertise required. If you have a question about mutt (that
> doesn't involve installation through apt), you're probably best off
> asking on the mutt mailing list. If you have a question about vim ...
> etc.
OTOH, there is a great pool of knowledge here, and many people are not
able to follow the mailing list for every app they use. If it's a
very technical question (e.g., trying to track down why gimp segfaults
when you do a particular action) it's obviously more appropriate for the
app's list. If it's more general, and you don't know whether it might
be Debian-specific (e.g., an app just stopped working after I
dist-upgraded a testing box) this is a pretty good resource to exhaust
first before going to the app people.
--
Pax vobiscum; pax cum omnibus.
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Thanasis Kinias
tkinias at asu.edu
Doctoral Student, Department of History
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.
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