I've considered it, read about how it works, and i still might, but for now i think it takes quite a lot of space on my pc.
Papanca
joined 2 years ago
That would be perfect. Especially when others would respond with 'Have you tried this', it could also create great learning opportunities
For me too, it gives me an encouraging feeling like; hey, i'm not the only one who ran into this or that issue, or who switched to linux because of this or that reason. And it's nice to know that i'm here with others who are also quite new. It would feel very daunting to be here and know that all members here have been 'linuxing' for decades and i would just lurk then.
I always read those posts that OP mentions. If you don't like them, just skip them? I've been with other lists for many years and newbies were always welcome. I liked answering their questions, even those i heard a 100 times before, and if i didn't feel like it some days, i could always skip them and know that others would have answers too.
I don't mind. I understand the enthusiasm since i switched recently (again) too.
As for windows; i think one of the main reasons people switch has to do with how bad windows has become. It's bloated, it feels like everything is spied on, and in 11 they add AI and not to be helpful to their customers. So, a lot of people will say: hey, i switched to linux and finally, i'm rid of that evil windows. Many people might not know that much about linux just yet, so they are maybe - i'm speculating here - moving away from something unpleasant, rather than switching to linux because of the many advantages.
As for the linux 4 noobs community, i joined but it feels pretty dead and so, i ask my noob questions (apart from trying to do my own research) here, rather than over there. Are you implying that noobs are not really welcome to ask their questions here? It would be fine with me if the noob community was filled with people who are enthusiastically asking questions, but the most recent posts are a month old, so not very inviting.
Link seems to be working again
I don't know what you mean with 'something', but when i started learning english decades ago (as in; no internet) i had a dictionary on my night stand. I only got it when a word was intriguing; when it seemed crucial for the plot; or when it turned up many times and it started to bug me.
Edited night stand
Wow, only about 50% vote, that is very low. I did read - quite a while back - that they have all kinds of ridiculous requirements to be able to vote, apparently to prevent black people from voting, if my understanding is correct. As for the Trump voters, your description is just about what i expected. I think this is the case in our european country as well; protest voters who vote for rightwing extremist parties.
Thank you so much for your elaborate reply and the links, which i will read, very much appreciated.
Have a great weekend
That was a very interesting read, thank you. And i really do hope people will succeed in beating Trump. But honestly, the whole world saw what he did and tried to do and still he apparently has a chance in becoming president again, which makes me wonder what these kind of voters want. Do they really want what Trump wants, or do they see a vote for him as a kind of protest out of anger and frustration?
And seeing this kind of voting system in the US, it doesn't mean half the country is voting for Trump, i take it?
I can only imagine, i already feel frustrated reading about this while i don't even live there!
That sounds like they - democrats and republicans - would not have any incentive to change this by law, to make it more fair...
Thank you for your reply, i'm starting to get a sense of how this works in the US
Personally, i would prefer it if the linux 4 noobs community would be brought back to life, or if we have dedicated threads here where we can discuss newbie stuff.
If we would go the route of threads, some helpful people who have a lot of experience could decide to help out and others could just skip the thread.
And if people would want a new community, i would hope that it is not called something like 'ditched windows', because that sounds like a recipe to make it a community to complain about windows. For me as newbie, i'm looking for 2 things; info and howto's and suggestions about everything linux, and the knowledge that there are others who are also new and ask things that would be interesting for me as well.