On Thu, 5 Dec 2013 20:05:50 +0530 AP <[email protected]> wrote:
> And if any one of the folks here might have told me initially that it > could be asked in off list, I had no issues asking there....! > > I just thought things work in Linux anywhere and everywhere....we need > to select the things...so I just thought this for questions too!!! But > now its known. > > The point is that there are many Linux newsgroups/lists, but this is one of those aimed at a particular distribution, with the intention of discussing matters specific to that distribution. You wouldn't discuss apt problems on a Red Hat group, nor probably on a non-specific group. Some general chatter is tolerated here, but sometimes it gets out of hand. It doesn't bother me directly, but there are some people on low-bandwidth connections, and it costs them time and sometimes extra money just to download the headers. They use newsgroups or mailing lists heavily because there's a lot less wasted bandwidth than with flashy web forums. When I was on pay-per-minute dial-up, I chose my download strategy carefully, and anyone who wasted additional time and money annoyed me. -- Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
