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Wed, 06 May 2020 03:52:00 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200505203456.8b85330a.freebsd@edvax.de> <20200505211848.b6d81e98.freebsd@edvax.de> <8577cb33-9a32-a0f7-01ab-e18d4e19296d@gmail.com> <20200506115719.afb73ae0.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20200506115719.afb73ae0.freebsd@edvax.de> From: Aryeh Friedman Date: Wed, 6 May 2020 06:51:47 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: bsd install To: Polytropon Cc: Shamim Shahriar , FreeBSD Mailing List X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 49HD1X6PMSz4T5S X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=ZuIdE/10; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of aryehfriedman@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::143 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=aryehfriedman@gmail.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.00 / 15.00]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2607:f8b0:4000::/36:c]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmail.com]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmail.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmail.com,none]; 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I have encountered so far. Where does > the reputation of being unfriendly come from? I'm not asking > this in any kind of impolite tone, I'm really interested in > who thinks and says this community is unfriendly... > Not passing judgement on the following links (I agree with your take on the community as a whole but there are a few outliers): https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/muc.lists.freebsd.current/vu9UJVJ10Oo https://lobste.rs/s/jedqwr/freebsd_is_amazing_operating_system#c_58vcua https://www.attendly.com/linux-founder-linus-torvalds-delivers-a-smackdown-like-no-other/ > > > This is the beginners list, after all, according to the Handbook -- not > one > > of the more specialized lists where expectations of RTFM are more > > appropriate. Note that even on other lists the OP is being treated with > a > > much more open mind (ex. see his bhyve thread on -virtualization@) > > Don't confuse friendliness with endless tolerance of rude > behavior. Even for a beginners' list, there is the common > suggestion of "doing your homework", as well as maintaining > a certain discussion culture. Aspects of this are part of > After paying for my undergrad degree with being a CS tutor (and just basic computer use one) I have found there are ways to lead the horse to water without teaching them how to drink it. Some mistake tips about where to look for things with doing someone's homework when it is not. If giving general pointers of where to start your learning is doing someone's homework then we need to re-examine the idea of what it means to be an educator. As you said, RTFM is just a part of the whole "homework", but > it's also an important one. Not being able to understand all > terminology and everything mentioned is not a problem. But > not _trying_ might be... > If you don't even know where to start in "trying" then what is wrong with asking? I don't think there many people are born knowing the difference between a computer and a rock. So learning how to use the first one starts with being told/learning it is not a rock. > Blindly following things mentioned in the handbook and other > places usually does not lead to everything magically working, > especially if the stuff mentioned there doesn't even apply to > the current setting, or doesn't apply anymore. In my opinion, > there are certain readers who will follow a structured manual > in the form of "if X then A else B" by doing A _and_ B (just > in the order as they are listed, not even looking at condition > X), and then start complaining. I don't know if this applies > here; not enough information, does not compute. ;-) > For raw beginners this the best they can do sometimes. We should not fault them if this is as far they can get on their own. -- Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org