From: zmbenhal@netcom.com (Zeyd M. Ben-Halim) Subject: Re: The Zen of Linux Date: Mon, 31 May 1993 21:30:06 GMT
In article <1ud6q3$at4@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU> mdw@TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh) writes:
>In article <zmbenhalC7vp69.Hx4@netcom.com> zmbenhal@netcom.com (Zeyd M. Ben-Halim) writes:
>>Oh, PLEASE NO! let sls have it's own group or mailing list. No offence to
>>Peter but many of us don't use SLS, don't intend to, and are tired of messages
>>complaining about this bug or that in the SLS distibution.
>
>Try using a killfile: anything with "SLS" in it you can nuke. :)
>I honestly don't think that SLS needs its own newsgroup. A mailing list
>may not be a bad idea, although it makes a lot of sense to keep these
>discussions in c.o.l.questions.
The problem is that users of SLS have a problem, they assume it is Linux's
fault (same as with the 'gcc -m foo.c') They never mention they are using SLS.
Many people think SLS *IS* Linux. Many of the occur with, and only with, SLS
have been answered many times. I now recongize these type of questions and
simply ignore them.
This doesn't help the traffic in c.o.l though. Many SLS-specific questions
continue to be posed. Don't get me wrong, the same goes for X. My point is
their should be a more appropriate place to ask those questions.
>Of course, TAMU and LGX and so on would also be discussed there. Not just
>SLS. Hopefully with the release of my IS&GS manual for Linux, most of these
>questions will go away. (Hopefully.)
Amen :-)
>mdw
>--
>Matt Welsh, mdw@tc.cornell.edu
>"I never patronize bunny rabbits."
Zeyd
P.S. To other people: relax, I know how to use a kill file. i have one built in
my head. I simply ignore things. That wasn't the point, see above.