From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (qmail 14239 invoked from network); 1 Jul 1998 23:39:13 -0000 Received: from ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au (jasonw@128.250.20.3) by mail2.redhat.com with SMTP; 1 Jul 1998 23:39:13 -0000 Received: from localhost (jasonw@localhost) by ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA14849 for ; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 09:38:47 +1000 (AEST) Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 09:37:54 +1000 (AEST) From: Jason White X-Sender: jasonw@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Linux support (was RE: RealPlayer, RAP, and XVFB) In-Reply-To: <13722.21876.434849.631428@labrador> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII List-Id: It is perfectly reasonable to expect a computer user to read the relevant documentation prior to asking questions on a mailing list. The result is that only the more difficult issues, which are not directly addressed in the documentation, are discussed on the list. Often the best means of answering a technical query is to refer the inquirer to an appropriate manual or other readily available source of information. I agree completely with T.V. Raman's observation that people who provide technical assistance to others on a voluntary basis, and that includes most contributors to this mailing list, can not be expected to obviate the need for software users to learn their operating system and applications to a reasonable level of detail, and to take advantage of pre-existing informational resources in so doing. If you wish to respond to these comments, please do so privately rather than via the list.