J_K9 @ Linux

Linux - Always Your Home

September 8, 2006 on 5:08 pm | In Linux |

As I lay down on my bed last night (in school), I began brainstorming. I’m not running out of ideas for this blog - not at all. I have an excellent line-up of tutorials on their way (and I shall write them when I get more time). However, I had to think of something concise and coherent… And, when I remembered the link on LinuxToday to another blogger’s article about how unhelpful the Linux community is, the idea for the post came to me immediately.

I joined LinuxQuestions.org when I was still on the teat, and very much a Linux newbie. Back then, I didn’t realise just how welcoming the Linux community was - a lot of people did welcome me when I joined the forums, but they do that on any other forums too.

However, it has taken me this long to realise that, not only were they welcoming me to the forums, but into the Linux community as well. I never fail to be amazed at how many people ask questions on LQ; almost all of those questions are answered, and quickly. I have made many good friends on LQ and on other Linux forums, and, if I have ever needed help, they have always been there to provide it.

Now that I am a more senior member at LQ, I reciprocate. If I answer a newbie’s post, whether they’re new to Linux or not, I will always welcome them to the forum. If they need more help, specifics, I post them. Sometimes I even email them, and I help them out via IM. And I know that I’m not the only person that does this - thousands of other do. In fact, it was someone who did just what I described above who introduced me to Linux, and helped me install Fedora Core 2, first on a forum, and then via IM.

The Linux community is more like a large, tight-knit family to me than a community. If I’m stuck on a problem, someone will help me. Equally, if someone else does not know something, and I know the answer, I will always try to point them in the right direction. Every little helps - and, in my opinion, you should give back just as much as you get from this “community” - or family, if you will.

And off I go to a lesson

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Pah! Help via IM? You lightweight When I first joined LQ, I couldn’t for the life of me get RH8 to burn correctly. So some kind soul (who I have never heard from since) posted me a set of cds that they had burned.

Moral of the story: LQ rocks. Very hard.

Comment by ray — September 8, 2006 #
Using Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.5 on Ubuntu Linux
LQ.org was and still is a good site for those just starting out with Linux. I started out answering questions mostly but had a few questions myself, but I remembered when 30 new posts was a lot 5 years ago.
Though I don’t login that often anymore, hell, I think it’s been 3 or 4 months in fact, I’d recommend the site. But it’s kind of nice to let the site go, I found myself way too involved, it consumed me so I’ve taken my life back and doing more things I enjoy instead nowadays. Who knows though, not even sure I’ll ever login again. Today for the first time in months I browsed around anonymously without logging in to see what’s going on, if anything has changed, etc.

Comment by drew — September 9, 2006 #
Using Opera 9.00 on Windows XP
Good article. Excuse me for being incoherent and off-topic, but I just wiped out SUSE from my laptop and to my horror the Debian CD I burned was not able to do a proper installation. I suspect corrupt CDs.

I believe I asked before of what was a suitable distro for a laptop. I now find myself in desperate need of a distro… This is serious (not a parody :P)

I now appreciate why so many people ask “which distro?” I’d never look down on newbies. It’s like beginning all over again for me as my brain’s got soft from not doing Linux installations for a while

Comment by hari — September 9, 2006 #
Using Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4 on Debian GNU/Linux
Moral off the story: CD intergity is easy to check. So do it.

Comment by Gunny — September 10, 2006 #
Using Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6 on Windows XP
I always do an MD5sum. The strange thing was the the Md5 matched with the one in the HTTP mirror. But the installation failed at a late stage because of one or two packages which couldn’t be installed.

Moral: Don’t assume things about a long-time Linux user.

Comment by hari — September 10, 2006 #
Using Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4 on Debian GNU/Linux
Haha! What’s up with all the morals?

So some kind soul (who I have never heard from since) posted me a set of cds that they had burned.

That is very kind of them - actually, someone did something similar for me a few months back. I can’t download anything from school, so he burned the SUSE 10.1 CDs and sent them to me

LQ rocks.

Drew - Really? Are you no longer a moderator there? I didn’t know that you’d left… But I haven’t been on for quite a while either. I have little ’spurts’ of activity, but those few and fairly far between. It’s a pity, but I’m busier with other forums these days. You don’t want to know - I’ve got 6000 posts under my belt in less than half a year

Hari - Hehe! That is unfortunate; there was probably an error while burning the disk? Anyway, if you’re going to try out a new distro, just pick a random one from Distrowatch’s list and try it out! Or you might want to try out one of the two I reviewed in what was called the ‘One A Day’ project (which died) - they are quite good. Kate OS looks quite promising, and I never miss an opportunity to recommend Ubuntu 6.06.

Pick one at random - you will probably be as surprised as I was

Comment by J_K9 — September 10, 2006 #
Using Flock 0.7.1 on Windows XP
Sorry guys, just testing

Comment by My Name — September 10, 2006 #
Using Opera 9.01 on Linux
It works Lol.

Comment by J_K9 — September 10, 2006 #
Using Flock 0.7.1 on Windows XP
I’m still a moderator there. I have pleaded a few times to Jeremy to take away such privileges, as I really don’t put in enough work or say any longer on the site, but he won’t budge..

Comment by drew — September 10, 2006 #
Using Opera 9.00 on Windows XP
I’m still a moderator there. I have pleaded a few times to Jeremy to take away such privileges, as I really don’t put in enough work or say any longer on the site, but he won’t budge..

He’s a good man is Jeremy. He’s probably waiting for an LWE in your area so he can sleep in your spare room

Comment by ray — September 10, 2006 #
Using Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.5 on Ubuntu Linux
Hehe… He’s too nice a guy

You were a great mod, though, Drew - so, if you ever change your mind, we’d all be glad to have you back… Yes, even the one who just visits LQ from time to time and knows that he should do so more often

Comment by J_K9 — September 11, 2006 #
Using Flock 0.7.1 on Windows XP
Heh, I don’t think LWE will ever come to Texas.. but if it does, I’d let someone stay with me if they wanted.

But yeah, just got totally burned out on LQ, not sure if I’ll ever go back, at least if I do, it won’t be full time participation.

Comment by drew — September 11, 2006 #
Using Opera 9.00 on Windows XP
I’m probably going to the UK LWE this year - if I do, it should be a good laugh!

Drew, was it partly to do with Ethan? With all the new responsibilities (which aren’t so new any more - hehe! ;)), I’m not surprised you found it hard to keep up with LQ.

But, if you ever decide to go back..

Comment by J_K9 — September 11, 2006 #
Using Flock 0.7.1 on Windows XP
A small portion was due to the new arrival. But it slowly built up over time. I let LQ consume a large percentage of my life, so I decided to take back my life and do things I enjoy doing, the things I should have been doing instead of repeatedly answering questions over and over when the newbie could have hit the search button..

Comment by drew — September 11, 2006 #
Using Opera 9.00 on Windows XP
Hehe… That is true. And I’m sure you’re a better person for that (lol)

I spend too much time on forums - it’s almost like an addiction. However, I will strive to cut down on the amount of time I spend on them… So much time sitting at the PC can’t be good for me Hehe.

Comment by J_K9 — September 11, 2006 #
Using Flock 0.7.1 on Windows XP
Drew has toned down a lot these days I still remember our first clash over at LQ.org over reviving a long-dead thread. Was quite an affair

At that time I never imagined we’d be commenting on each other’s blogs.

Ahh… tempus fugit.

Comment by hari — September 12, 2006 #
Using Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4 on Debian GNU/Linux
Yeah, deep down I hate all clashes at LQ.org. I look back now and those were just a waste of time. Too much PC time really does take your life away. If it wasn’t so damn hot down here in Austin, I would definitely be spending more time outside as well.

Comment by drew — September 12, 2006 #
Using Opera 9.00 on Windows XP
Yeah, I am going after a job that doesn’t involve much time before the monitor.

Comment by hari — September 13, 2006 #
Using Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4 on Debian GNU/Linux
I never knew you where one of the MySpace/YouTube/Blogger.com web 2.0 freaks JK. Flock…seriously…What does it have that Firefox doesn’t!

Comment by Gunny — September 16, 2006 #
Using Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7 on Windows XP
Haha! I am neither a MySpace nor Blogger freak - of that I can assure you, Gunny. But I do look at the odd video on YouTube (links to them, of course)

Flock has a damn fine RSS feed reader

Comment by J_K9 — September 17, 2006 #
Using Flock 0.7.1 on Windows XP
Edgy Knot 3’s out, for whoevers interested…

Haha! I am neither a MySpace nor Blogger freak - of that I can assure you, Gunny. But I do look at the odd video on YouTube (links to them, of course)

Flock has a damn fine RSS feed reader

I have commited the sin of watching Battle Royale on YouTube, but generally seening all the kids of a certain ethnicy spend literally hours…

Comment by Gunny — September 17, 2006 #
Using Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7 on Windows XP
Aye, that is a waste of time…

But you are now tainted too Hehe.

Edgy Knot 3? Nice. Pity I can’t give it a go though And I like to wait for the final result - the bigger the surprise, the better.

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