Re: The past is un-dead
"I have been using Linux for a few months, and the annoying thing is how much semi-obsolete help is floating around"
I have been using Linux for 17 years, and the annoying thing is how much semi-obsolete help is floating around.
Ten years ago it was usually possible to get accurate answers to technical questions on the Linux mailing lists and forums. The problem now is that there's been such a deterioration in the signal-to-noise ratio, even on the distros' official lists and forums, that it's often quicker to work out the answer yourself. The tendency to post half-informed guesses (or link to long-obsolete info without checking whether it's still relevant) seems to have become normal behaviour.