That's true to a certain extent, but in the thirty years I've been working with Linux, back to SCO Xenix and System V Unix, I've found there's more unpublished knowledge and tips and tricks therein than ever I've found in twenty-five years of working with Windows. But what gets me is when people say things like "an examination of the site should have told you what you needed to know" (or something similar) and that just wasn't so. Of course, I'm eternally grateful to anyone who manages and actively participates in any kind of support list.
On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 12:55:02 -0800, you wrote: > >On Dec 30, 2015, at 11:34 AM, Steve Matzura <s...@noisynotes.com> wrote: > >> This is what >> makes me crazy about anything Linux--secret knowledge that some people >> just seem to have or know, that would never occur to anyone else. > >Yeah, its a problem; but fortunately there are mailing lists like this one, >and wikis (http://wiki.debian.org) and other resources where you can ask. >Thats also true for closed-source software, like Windows. Theres every bit >as much secret sauce in Windows or MacOS-X. And, of course, there are >places you can go for advice on them too. > >The difference is that in the Open Source community nobody is trying to get >rich off of your lack of knowledge. In Windows, theres a whole industry >built around taking your money in exchange for advice. > >Rick
