Re: Thanks

["Mark M. Wilson" <mmwilson ncsl dcr state nc us>]

Well, this newbie *tries* to read the list, but has even less time to
read it (and that much less time to decipher it!) than to "play with"
Gnome on his own!  Hell [uh oh, are bad words forbidden, too? ;-) ], I
still haven't had time to upgrade to October from what I got off the
original CD! (remember those first two postings I made, one of which
incurred the wrath of demons, harpies, and goblins because of one little
ol' html tag.  Tant pis!) I have to try and find time to transfer the
rpm's to floppies, take 'em home, boot up, etc. etc.
BTW, when I *do* get around to all that, can I take it from the Gnome
FAQ that it doesn't matter in which order I install the rpms?  And
should I completely remove all traces of the old Gnome first?

I appreciate your wisdom, Hugh; now if you can "call off the dogs"
everytime a newbie dares to post to the great and powerful Gnomers' list
("pay no attention to that hacker behind the curtain") we might learn
some things beside how to develop thick skins when dealing with you
guys!

--Mark

Hugo Gayosso wrote:
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> mmm, I don't like very much the idea of splitting a lot lists.
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> Why?, because then the 'newbies' won't be reading the stuff that the 'old' are
> discussing, and viceversa.
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> I think that it is good for both sides (newbies and oldies :) ) to hear each
> other.
> 
> Cases:
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>         Newbie reading posts from oldies:
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>                 Newbie knows that there is something beyond the sun.
>                 Newbie maybe was trying to solve a problem in a wrong way.
> 
>         Oldies reading posts from newbies:
>                 Oldies hears the same question 100 times, then decides to
> create a FAQ, helping not only one but several newbies.
>                 Oldies know how 'user friendly' is their stuff, if a newbie has
> a problem understanding some concepts then maybe he should rethink their
> comments, maybe he should take his comments to gnome-devel.
> 
>         Newbies reading ONLY other newbies:
> 
>                 All newbies together will reinvent the wheel and then move to
> the oldies list, then a new bunch of newbies will do the same, instead of
> helping people we will keep them in 'established levels' (you are newbie, you
> are oldie)
> 
>         I think that having one gnome-list and one gnome-devel is enough, if
> you want to talk about "usage and configuration" no matter what, go to
> gnome-list, if you want to get more in the 'guts' of the GNOME, go to
> gnome-devel. But what if I like to help newbies sometimes, but I want also to
> be with the "oldies"?? I will subscribe to both lists, ok, but what about those
> that doesn't like to help newbies, but sometimes do, they WON'T subscribe to
> the newbies then leaving the newbies without them.
> 
> Sorry for taking so long in the mail, and it is maybe very confusing but I hope
> you get the idea.