The Linux community and its (future) problem
dollarholler wrote an interesting post today on
Here’s a quick excerpt
I just want to drop a line about what I believe to be the future biggest problems of the Linux community:
people who believe to have a clue but don’t (and who will misguide people in the process)
Why is that?
In the past month, I have seen more and more people flooding the Linux help community, due to an
increased interest in Linux. Like in Windows, those people presume, they know how Linux works and how to fix certain problems, as they have successfully
installed it, and as they have solved some specific problems. However, they still have no idea about
what is really going on “under the hood”.
Quite often, those people are quick to respond, only trying to propagate Linux in the world as an
usable system. As they are so quick to respond they will mostly ask GUI based questions which
will never reveal the real problem, but only cope with things they know and are aware of. In the end,
the problem is normally not solved to satisfaction as it will […]
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