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Subject: Re: List Etiquette Question - Thank yous
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I've posted questions to the linux users' groups for SuSE and Mandriva duri=
ng=20
my years as a linux desktop user. They are largely composed of posts by my=
=20
fellow amateur enthusiasts, whose knowledge does not go very deep. This=20
list's base seems to be IT professionals who are happy to help non-competen=
t=20
strangers, and do so clearly and tactfully. (And in some cases, such as wit=
h=20
the fellow from obsecurity.com, with a five-minute turnaround.) I find this=
=20
remarkable, and much appreciate it.=20

Also, the online FreeBSD handbook is a much more useful thing than anything=
 I=20
ever paid to get from SuSE or Mandriva. I'm not getting all the GUI tools I=
=20
had with linux, but I have better help and better-organized reference=20
materials.

Thanks,

Oliver


On Friday 24 March 2006 18:59, Jerry McAllister wrote:
> It's helpful to say "thank you!". =A0Sometimes, when you're sitting
> the livelong day staring at the monitor, you need that. =A0It's
> particularly an effective remedy for troll attacks and the pain
> of burns from flame wars.
>
> As another posted mentioned, it's often nice, if a problem is
> a "big" one, if the resolution of the problem is "summed up"
> as well, for the archive's sake.
>
> I think that the best reward for many of us is that people
> use and enjoy FreeBSD, and get some real work done with it,
> as well.
>
> KDK