[SOLVED] Linux interview - can someone answer these for me
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1. What is your name?
2. What city and state do you live in?
3. What kind of computer do you have Linux installed on?
4. What distribution and version of Linux is installed?
5. How long has Linux been installed on the computer and why?
6. What are the top three software applications that you use most on your Linux computer?
7. What is one major advantage you have in using Linux?
8. What is one major disadvantage you have in using Linux?
9. Do you also still use a Windows computer for certain things? If yes, what things?
10. What computer games do you play on your Linux computer?
11. When is the last time that you had to manually reboot your Linux computer and why?
If you had been more up-front with the purpose of your 'interview', your question would not have been met with hostility.
1. Steve Mann
2. Boston, MA
3. Two Intel Nuc's, one old Dell laptop
4. Ubuntu 18.04 on all of them
5. Ubuntu, since March. The Intel Nucs replaced two Raspberry Pi computers that had been running for a few years.
6. Plex Media Server, Home Assistant, MediaWiki
7. Reliable
8. Device Drivers and Docker give me fits.
9. Photoshop. I tried Gimp but I have been using Photoshop for decades and don't want to relearn anything.
10. none
11. Normally, never. But I recently moved the hardware and had to power down.
Instead of trying to correct my mistakes and guide me some took my inquiry as laughing matter.
We did try to correct your mistakes. You were told several times not to use text-speak and you went on using it regardless. That doesn't suggest to me that you are greatly interested in learning.
This is a community, not just a website. We usually welcome newbies in the hope that they will join our community and be able to help others in due course as they were helped, but we don't much care for people who are rude to us. I'm surprised actually that you got as many responses as you did, given your attitude.
What is the context of the question (home, work, school, other) and why assume only one computer? At home most have routers, televisions, "smart" phones, radios, and other similar devices with the kernel. Those are all individual computers.
Interesting concept. If you count all of my IOT devices around my home, I probably have at least a dozen running Linux. But since the OP asked about games, he obviously has a limited scope of Linux in the real world.
That was after the fact, I guess no one sees how I was being spoken to, the first few text threads.All in all I said thank you and tried to ignore the ones who came off as rude.
We did try to correct your mistakes. You were told several times not to use text-speak and you went on using it regardless. That doesn't suggest to me that you are greatly interested in learning.
This is a community, not just a website. We usually welcome newbies in the hope that they will join our community and be able to help others in due course as they were helped, but we don't much care for people who are rude to us. I'm surprised actually that you got as many responses as you did, given your attitude.
I don't see attitude as much as poorly-informed, naive and slightly infantile. The poster is incapable of constructing a proper sentence or of explaining the purpose of the survey, so I am guessing, High School.
And on that note, Noone can say anything to me about how I came off Lol..but thank u, you are appreciated ��
I take back my earlier comment. I tried to excuse your attitude with inadequate education and inexperience, but I stand corrected. You have an attitude issue.
Had you asked your questions in your original post with more explanation and humility in describing your project, and had you used proper sentence construction and grammar, you might have had a hundred responses by now with a whole lot less snark.
But, since you state above that you can't be taught anything, I think this thread has reached a merciful conclusion.
That was after the fact, I guess no one sees how I was being spoken to, the first few text threads.All in all I said thank you and tried to ignore the ones who came off as rude.
...and...
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Originally Posted by Kween
And on that note, Noone can say anything to me about how I came off Lol..but thank u, you are appreciated
Seriously?? No one was rude to you, and if you think anyone was, you're mistaken. You asked a vague, poorly-worded question, ignored the LQ rules, then complained about how no one 'guided' you. Despite being asked several times to NO use text-speak, you continue...yet you keep coming back to complain about how you were treated. You don't seem to comprehend that YOU are asking others to do things for you; to take time out of our day to answer your question so you can do your homework. And you then complain about how you're treated when people answer you.
I'll go with SteveMann's assessment here. Good luck getting help from anyone if you continue behaving like you do.
And on that note, Noone can say anything to me about how I came off Lol..but thank u, you are appreciated ��
This thread seems no longer on topic and I a risk here is that it will continue to degrade.
Kween, please also be aware that the very first reply to your question was a polite request for clarification. Not interested in arguing how each and every member responded, but will say that I do feel polite guidance is the best way to go with any new member. Meanwhile, new members should be polite to take the time to determine if they're asking a question where from another's perspective, they'll understand the question, or your intentions about it. It really is a two way street. Please, let's keep things civil.
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We can just agree to disagree
Thank you to you all, Good Day
+1, not because I agree with you but because you finally stopped using text-speak. There is some punctuation missing but I do not want to be too pedantic. You have actually made some progress.
Kween, Please don't take things personal. If you feel that someone is being rude or bullying you there is an icon on the particular post that reads "Report"
That is where you get a chance to speak directly to the site owner or one of the members to look at your grievance. Otherwise I feel that many of the replies were good.
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