A slight irritant

cwwilson721 · 05-24-2006, 04:40 PM

Just out of curiosity:

If a thread is posted in this forum, or another distro forum, do you assume (as I do) that it is a Slackware installation (or the other distro, as the forum would suggest)?

It's just that I've seen some posts in threads saying "Well, I don't know what distro you are using..." When it is posted here in the Slackware forum.

Just a little irritating....

I can understand if it is in Networking, or Hardware, or Software. But in a distro forum?

Just my

acid_kewpie · 05-24-2006, 04:51 PM

always better safe than sorry. so many people just post anywhere, and often don't bother filling their profile details correctly. generally i assume it's in the right place, but still often mention that they didn't expicitly state the basic info.

Nylex · 05-24-2006, 04:55 PM

I usually assume that if something's in a particular distro's forum then it's a question about something specific to that distro.

But yeah, people posting in the wrong place does my head in and I'm not allowed to report those posts to be moved

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meng · 05-24-2006, 05:01 PM

As someone recently guilty of this crime

I can see how it would be irritating. Probably, this is more likely to happen when looking at all new posts rather than selecting a particular (sub)forum. But I'd like to think I've learned my lesson.

Personally, I find it more irritating when someone posts in a non-distro-specific forum and doesn't specify their distro. To each his own...

Bruce Hill · 05-24-2006, 05:25 PM

I like the little Billy posting shockware thing -- maybe somebody with more time could post the link here for n00bs to watch it.

cwwilson721 · 05-24-2006, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chinaman

I like the little Billy posting shockware thing -- maybe somebody with more time could post the link here for n00bs to watch it.

Huh? I must have missed something....

Bruce Hill · 05-24-2006, 06:21 PM

I don't have the link here, and am 300km or so away in the mountains. But since I've been blessed with a free internet connection, I'll ssh into my server, then to my PC, and try to get the link. It's quite silly, and I imagine Chris already knows it -- might he post if he checks this thread again...

Bruce Hill · 05-24-2006, 06:29 PM

Brought to you by ssh, apache, vi, less and Google <Linux> ...

Posting And You...

fcaraballo · 05-25-2006, 02:01 AM

Thank you alot Chinaman. I had a really long day and your link helped me relax. HAHA. Good stuff.

MagicMan

masonm · 05-25-2006, 07:12 AM

That's pretty cute Chinaman.

Everyone has a brain fart once in a while. I remember once asking a poster about which distro he was using only to have it pointed out that he had mentioned it in the post! Ack! Shouldn't read posts after a long day LOL