Linux Snobs, The Real Barriers to Entry 1347
McSnarf writes "It's not Windows. It's not distro wars. Sometimes it's just the arrogant attitude that keeps people from switching from Windows.
'As I spoke to newbies, one Windows user who wanted to learn about Linux shared the encouraging and constructive note (not) he received from one of the project members. The responding note read:
"Hi jackass, RTFM and stop wasting our time trying to help you children learn.""
duh (Score:5, Funny)
Well, speaking as a Windows snob... (Score:2, Funny)
All the best snob applications are on Windows, anyway.
-Eric
Re:duh (Score:5, Funny)
I managed to escape from that cult, and you can too brother!
Meet me by the fence tonight at 1am. I'll have a van waiting. We can take you to a place where Father Steve will never find you. There is another life out there for you, trust me!
-Eric
The correct way to ask a Linux user a question (Score:5, Funny)
Just do what this guy [bash.org] does and you'll be fine.
Re:Admit it; it's your e-penis (Score:2, Funny)
Re:An Unfortunate Reality (Score:5, Funny)
Speak for yourself. After my mother re-partitioned her drive and mounted the smaller one at "/womb" I was compiled from source.
Re:An Unfortunate Reality (Score:5, Funny)
Jesus Christ, this post is all Linux porn innuendo (Score:5, Funny)
Love and kisses,
esr
Re: Difference (Score:3, Funny)
I do some consulting at the Luthor manor now and then.
Re:Grow some skin! (Score:1, Funny)
That's why I've choosen not to intrude and I use Windows. Plus, MS Office IS superior.
Re:Nobody reads (Score:1, Funny)
It's been done and it's called GNOME.
Re:Linux sNOBs (Score:1, Funny)
I expect that when the Ford owner goes back to the dealer to inquire why opening and closing the cupholder and glove compartment at the same time no longer ejects CDs (which is standard process on her version 0.23 F150), she's not told "RTFM! Go back to Dodge if you don't like it, n00b!"...even though it's plainly because when she recompiled "DriveForward.so" and replaced "DriveBackwards.so" to switch gears she forgot to throw the "--withSnarf=yes --CassettePlayer=no --threadedDrive=no" options to her configure script.
Re:Well, speaking as a Windows snob... (Score:2, Funny)
No, seriously, why is this a shock?
Re:Linux sNOBs (Score:1, Funny)
I don't think so. You really have to go to
The right answer (Score:2, Funny)
This avoids giving the impression that Linux is technologically retarded (which it clearly is not), whilst avoiding the insinuation that the responder is an "apologist".
Re:Bizarre (Score:5, Funny)
I've found the best way to deal with the snobs - and get a useful answer - is this. Don't just ask "I've googled for it already, but I can't find a way of doing foo with bar". All this will yield is "Well google harder" kind of responses.
Instead, say something like "On Windows, it's really easy to do foo with bar, but it's completely impossible under Linux! This is awful!". You will immediately be deluged with indignant responses telling you exactly how to do whatever it was you were trying to accomplish rather than an RTFM brush-off.
Re:An Unfortunate Reality (Score:2, Funny)
unmount
mount
unmount
mount
unmount
mount
unmount
and... dismount
Re:duh (Score:5, Funny)
That's why I Switched(tm) to OpenBSD, the least arrogant OS community!
I can go up to the head development guy, Theo, and he answers all my questions!! Usually the answer is how evil George Bush and Richard Stallman are, and how stupid I am for being a stupid American that supports stupid people and asks stupid questions because I am stupid. I don't know how that solves my problems, but at least he answers!!!!
Stupid Steve Jobs never answered my love letters. Arrogant bastard!!!
try doing this: (Score:2, Funny)
I'm installing FC3 on a virtual machine right NOW (Score:2, Funny)
I am not what I would consider a n00b, but seriously, I am on my 3rd attempt at an install and I am still having problems. I google, I google some more, and then I end up with 4 windows open, with 5 or more tabs open in each one.
I picked this distro because my brother in law uses it, so I figured if I used the same, I could get help. Just watching him try to install VMware tools on an unsupported distro (Fedora Core 4), was helpfull.
I have read hundreds of threads on linuxquestions, I have a big ass book on redhat AND linux, and yet there are still times when I have no idea what the fuck I am supposed to be doing.
This promises to be fun.