Sacha Chua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I guess that's why I post on PLUG instead of plug-misc. I don't think > PLUG should just be a venue for asking and answering technical > questions, but also for sharing nifty hacks and examples of how far a > Linux system can be pushed. Other people push their systems in terms > of hardware and services. I push mine in terms of how well it can fit > me, how well it can anticipate my needs.
Indeed. Somehow, I felt that the previous comment about PLUG being a `technical matters' list seems a turn-off for me (and perhaps, to the new people on the lists as well). Though I understand the need for keeping posts on-topic, and the responsibility for keeping myself from expletively confabulating on minute matters, I feel it behooves me to reflect on this matter. Is PLUG really just a tech list catering to folks who could write programs, or could manage entire `enterprise' single-handedly, without batting an eyelash? Or, is it for folks who are able to withstand heated religious debates on Linux/FOSS issues *without* their asbestos suits? The `growing a thicker skin' cliché is getting too worn out. And what's worse, it seems that every small time some Linux/FOSS user or group of users root for a particular application or system, some inconsiderate bastards try to bring them down, simply because that rooting is *clogging* the lists and they couldn't read the cold and impersonal 110110 posts. Let's face it: the PLUG lists *are* changing. For better, or for worse, we all have yet to see it. But I know one thing, for sure: the number of Linux users here in the Philippines is increasing, and even now, this number is a working, living community of *people*, not just a mere agglomeration of machines. Hence, if we, as Linux community, would dismiss praising a Linux/FOSS application (that not only runs on our favorite OS but on competitive proprietary platforms that some of us are obviously ill-blooded to) as a mere ego-stroking by that application's adherents, then we seriously have a problem in our community. -- ZAK B. ELEP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- <http://zakame.spunge.org> 1024D/FA53851D 1486 7957 454D E529 E4F1 F75E 5787 B1FD FA53 851D -- Running Debian GNU+Linux testing/unstable. GnuPG signed mail preferred.
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