I'm a newbie too. Only ever posted to ask questions if I couldn't already find the answer by using the search. I don't know enough about Linux yet to be of any help to anyone and hence don't post very often

I am definitely a newbie..... I've been playing at Linux for nearly 9 years, but have never actually "worked" with it......... There was always some reason I'd go back to MS, recently because I was too lazy to find an answer.... previously it (7 or 8 years ago) it was because I had no access to forums like this, or even newsgroups.... But, because of LQ, and the plethora of questions, and people to answer them, I've been able to use Linux consistently for about six months now and haven't looked back yet. I posted quite often in the beginning, but now I am learning to use the man pages and HOWTOS to find my answers... which is probably what I should have been doing all along. I do enjoy browsing the questions and offering insight or advice, when I feel reasonably sure I know the correct answer, because as much as I hate getting bad advice, I hate giving it even more. So, there is my reason for not posting very often..... I've learned to RTFM, and am still not good enough to quote the manual to someone else......

Thanks to all those who've answered my posts, and to the forum maintainers for providing this

Smee

I'm a tech/helpdesk, so I'm naturally predisposed to researching the problem myself, if I can, before posting a question. I haven't posted a question yet, but I did post a when I was successful back when I was using Red Hat and getting the nVidia driver to work (at least a year ago).

I know I'm a newbie to Linux, but I've been troubleshooting stuff for a few years, and one thing I don't like to see is someone who hasn't done some research themselves, and/or don't post enough detail (more detail is better than less, even if you think it might be useless).

time constraints are the one main reason I don't do more.
that and getting a feel for what really screws up a linux install (I recently removed glibc when I was tired via the package manager that won't be happening again ).

I'm still a bit too new to Linux to answer most people's questions, and spend most of my available free time on the 'net trying to answer my own!

I now have (thanks in part to this forum) a linux firewall (Smoothwall) and a Redhat 7.3 webserver running from my garage (coolest place in the house - also don't need to listen to the fans whirring!)

I have recently installed Mandrake on my laptop, so as to become a more "full time" Linux user - although I have a few teething problems with my 'net connection....

Hopefully quite soon I will be able to help out more (I have already helped a few people....I think!)

Keep up the good work with the site - don't think I'd have got this far without it!

I'm still a bit too new to Linux to answer most people's questions, and spend most of my available free time on the 'net trying to answer my own!

I now have (thanks in part to this forum) a linux firewall (Smoothwall) and a Redhat 7.3 webserver running from my garage (coolest place in the house - also don't need to listen to the fans whirring!)

I have recently installed Mandrake on my laptop, so as to become a more "full time" Linux user - although I have a few teething problems with my 'net connection....

Hopefully quite soon I will be able to help out more (I have already helped a few people....I think!)

Keep up the good work with the site - don't think I'd have got this far without it!

I'm still a bit too new to Linux to answer most people's questions, and spend most of my available free time on the 'net trying to answer my own!

I now have (thanks in part to this forum) a linux firewall (Smoothwall) and a Redhat 7.3 webserver running from my garage (coolest place in the house - also don't need to listen to the fans whirring!)

I have recently installed Mandrake on my laptop, so as to become a more "full time" Linux user - although I have a few teething problems with my 'net connection....

Hopefully quite soon I will be able to help out more (I have already helped a few people....I think!)

Keep up the good work with the site - don't think I'd have got this far without it!

I don't reply (if that counts as a lurker ) to some posts because their thread title contains information I don't have any idea about, such as:
Since I don't have a clue what a Neterio Mixer is, I tend to avoid those questions. However, occasionally I'll open them up to find that problem was instead how to get Mass Storage working (or whatever). I know this is in no way anyone's fault, how would a n00b be expected to know that they need to get Mass Storage working, not a specific driver for their device.

Anyway, not that that really helps for improvement, but it's something

Cool

There are several reasons
* I'm very new in GNU/linux world, and I cannot help too much, although I would like
* I don't have time. My work is very time-consuming, and I cannot connect to LQ as many times as I would like.
* I avoid to repeat questios already asked, I prefer to look for older threads with similar subjects; as I'm so newbie, I never know whether my question is too obvious for the rest of the comunity or not.

I think this reply is not too usefull to improve the forums, but I wanted to use this message to say thank you for the really wonderfull work you (jeremy, the group of moderators and the rest of the people spending their time helping others) are doing.

Best regards

I wasn't going to reply to this thread but geee...if MasterC is a lurker (note the post count), then I'm a GHOST!!!



Kidding, I post when I can. I don't feel that I have leet skillz to help out on the more technical problems, but I love giving someone a decent answer when I can...even if its only to suggest checking out google

LQ has ads? I didn't even notice and I've been a member of these boards for a year and a half. I am a lurker in the sense that I visit LQ numerous times a day. It feels good to be able to help somebody when I still have so much to learn myself. You can usually find me in the Slackware Forum trying my best to find answers for people having problems. I want to give a big "Thank You" to the LQ Moderators and espcially to you Jeremy. Where would we be without you guys?

The reason I dont post a lot is because of my current situation. Linux doesnt except the wireless card I have and there is no drivers. Without internet its kinda boring on there. But around christmas time I'll be posting a lot because I've been promised a new computer and Linux to go with it.

ads? what ads?

I may not be a lurker like MasterC and tcaptain, but one thing I wouldn't mind seeing added to the site is the ability to search within your search results(like you can with google).

I don't read every day my e-mails. So when I want to answer, the discussion has gone on and the part of that problem I wanted to write about is solved.
On the other hand, when my question is solved - it is only be solved on my system -
so I let the discussion going on. Or the System/Software(-version) is too old, so I don't care on it any more.

PS to linuxquestions.org: It would be nice if you could implement a Story-room to your
page; were people could write about there problems and how they did get solved
them - as an end and a summary of the Question-discussion - like a HOW TO - with a
good search! Perhaps it could later be added to the linux HOW TOs (as a Download).

--- I'm German - my time to write this: 45 min.

Like many others I am a total Linux newbie and have found most of what I needed posted already. Also do feel a bit intimidated about posting as I still have a lot to learn!

It says a lot about the quality of this site that with its help and in the space of three weeks worth of nights I have got first RH7.3 up and running as a PDC on a system with NT4, Win2K, W98 and XP clients + NFS and NIS for some RH7 & 9 machines.

(Then I saw the light and changed to SuSE got that up and going in an evening) Also just got a TR5 drive going thanks to info posted here.

So one day I may get brave enough.........

Meanwhile, thanks to all for the help!