Re: [ilugd] Club bandwidth - Linux gurus - linux helplines

2004-01-20 Thread abhi
All I was saying was if some extra help could be extended to people who are new to Linux, it could make things easier for them. When I say extra help...I dont mean anything more than emailed solutions that list a stepwise procedure, instead of a referal to a manual that has several thousand

Re: [ilugd] Club bandwidth - linux gurus

2004-01-20 Thread LinuxLingam
On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 12:26, Raj Shekhar wrote: Hello! My 0.50 Rs addition to the thread Linux Guru == Someone who has read the manual my 0.25 Rs to this: Linux Guru = someone who refers to a manual to find a 'gur' or an insight into how to solve a problem or issue. Linux Expert =

Re: [ilugd] Club bandwidth - linux gurus

2004-01-20 Thread amit soni
My 0.50 Rs addition to the thread Linux Guru == Someone who has read the manual my 0.25 Rs to this: The thread seems to have an opposite effect. Contirbutions from gurus are reducing mail by mail. ;o) Linux Guru = someone who refers to a manual to find a 'gur' or an insight into how to

[ilugd] Club bandwidth - Linux gurus - linux helplines

2004-01-19 Thread amit soni
Amit But when a newbie asks a technical query. The replies have Amit a tone HUH! You don't even know that!, get lost, read Amit this, this and this, do a million sit-ups and then come Amit back, I might explain you the real answer. Nah, you have to distinguish between

[ilugd] Club bandwidth - linux gurus

2004-01-19 Thread amit soni
to mouth life. I thought Linuxers/GNUers are driven by the statement The most courageous people in the world are volunteers. Aren't you trying to exploit this statement??? No I was just suggesting that rude(which apparantly only I felt) comments to linux newbies from Linux gurus can act as a

Re: [ilugd] Club bandwidth - Linux gurus - linux helplines

2004-01-19 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
amit soni wrote: I am not sure[ ;o) ] , but probably a dumbo's point of view is, that when 'she' asks the same question to a windows support tech and a Linux support tech the difference in the reply recevied is staggering! Yes, the difference is staggering. But there are many reasons for that. A

RE: [ilugd] Club bandwidth - linux gurus

2004-01-19 Thread Gurpreet Singh Sachdeva
No I was just suggesting that rude(which apparently only I felt) comments to linux newbies from Linux gurus can act as a detterent to newbies from being a part of Linux community. Some initial mouth feeding could resolve this? Why we guys always have an escapist attitude??? We never want to open

Re: [ilugd] Club bandwidth - Linux gurus - linux helplines

2004-01-19 Thread amit soni
I am blessed. :o) I understand the point you made, and disagree. The beggers became beggers because at that time they thought they had nothing else to do. Linux newbies are mostly already aware of windows, and in a country like india, practically both are free. :o) All I was saying was if some

Re: [ilugd] Club bandwidth - linux gurus

2004-01-19 Thread Raj Shekhar
Hello! My 0.50 Rs addition to the thread Linux Guru == Someone who has read the manual -- \°°/ (oo) +ooO-- -Ooo-+ |Raj Shekhar |My home: | |System