Re: Greaat disappointment

2011-10-02 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sat, Oct 01, 2011 at 12:10:36PM +0100, Wolodja Wentland wrote:
 On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 22:34 -0400, Kevin Mark wrote:
  On Sat, Oct 01, 2011 at 01:55:01AM +0200, Qactuar Rogue wrote:
 
  you will find a much better response if you ask your question on the
  debian-user mailing list. That list is more representative of the good 
  people
  who use debian than the IRC channel. IRC is another kind of beast. It is 
  more
  hit or miss. Debian does not pay people to moderate IRC or the mailing 
  lists,
  we are a group of volunteers. 
 
 I am surprised by the perception of IRC support in the Debian community
 exemplified by this mail. I do not know about your own experiences, Mark, but
 I have the impression that some people (still?) think that IRC support is best
 to be avoided, that support on the mailing lists is better and that something
 needs to be done about our IRC culture. 
Hi,
yes, I have gotten great support on IRC. But some people are not as accustomed
to IRC and may be more considerate when they compose their words for a mailing
list vs an IRC chat. And I suspected that he/she was 'very direct' on IRC and
knew it would not necessarily get a good responce. So I mentioned the mailing
list as a way that I felt would be more supportive for newbies not familar with
IRC.

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Re: Greaat disappointment

2011-10-01 Thread Russell Coker
On Sat, 1 Oct 2011, Yaroslav Halchenko deb...@onerussian.com wrote:
 I also considered investing into the Debian project by donating
 millions of dollars.
 To help the creation of software which can effectively conquer the
 popularity of Windows,
[...]
 We may hear of each other again. I may consider creating my own
 foundation for an all new OS.

The quality of support on IRC varies.  That said when you join #Debian the 
Topic includes /msg bots NOT people which is pretty clear for anyone who 
knows IRC well.  It would be good if http://deb.li/IRCFAQ also included this 
in a longer form for people who aren't into IRC.

Finally this I was going to be a big customer line is commonly used by 
dissatisfied people.  Making up exaggerated claims isn't going to make us take 
him seriously.  The number of people who falsely claim to be millionaires 
vastly outnumbers the number of real millionaires - many of whom don't tell 
people how much money they have for obvious reasons.  That sort of thing is 
just annoying.

In any case I think we should welcome forks, any fork has to be under a 
compatible license, therefore we can incorporate changes if they are 
beneficial.  So if he is a millionaire then creating another Canonical would 
be a good thing to do, it's not as if Debian needs the money, it seems that we 
always have a lot of money and not that much to spend it on.

On Sat, 1 Oct 2011, Arno Töll deb...@toell.net wrote:
 FTR: http://paste.debian.net/10/

Yes, calling people dumbass is a good way to not get your question answered.  
Another is to make ageist aspersions, there are more than a few Linux experts 
who are less than 14yo.  The youngest person to give a presentation at LCA was 
13 at the time - someone who can get their talk accepted by one of the most 
prestigious Linux conferences can probably answer IRC questions better than 
most people...


As an aside, is there any good paid Linux answer service?  When someone who 
has millions of dollars to spend but who can't get along with IRC people then 
it would surely be better for them to pay someone to answer their question.

My past experience is that when one of my clients wants to pay a DD $100US by 
PayPal they get quality advice, assistance, and on occasion new features at 
fairly short notice.  Speaking for myself a message saying please answer the 
following question ASAP for $100 by PayPal will really get my attention.

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Re: Greaat disappointment

2011-10-01 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le samedi 01 octobre 2011 à 01:55 +0200, Qactuar Rogue a écrit : 
 I do not want Debian anymore however. I do not wish to use software
 developed by those people who are surfing on your IRC channels, thank
 you very much.

I’m afraid I have to inform you that Debian is not developed by people
who spend their days trolling on #debian.

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Re: Greaat disappointment

2011-10-01 Thread Steffen Möller
Hello,

On 10/01/2011 06:13 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
 On Sat, 2011-10-01 at 01:55 +0200, Qactuar Rogue wrote:
 Hi.

 I was planning on installing Debian on a new laptop that had Windows 7
 pre-installed.
 I was researching the methods of installation for two weeks
 (partitioning etc).
 Then right before beginning the disk wipe and later the installation
 I had problems deciding on my own for what kind of partition table to
 create
 and wanted to have feedback from somebody who has a comprehensive
 understanding on the subject.
 I went on IRC. Firstly I tried #Debian on irc.debian.org then I tried
 #Debian at chat.freenode.com

 I would like to express my greatest disappointment regarding the
 `helpfulness` of the people on the channel.
 On irc.debian.org everyone was a complete dumbass. On both channels I
 was told off for asking my questions by PMing someone
 who  replied to my posting on the channel.
 
 That seems quite reasonable.  You have no right to expect free
 one-to-one support.

I have never been to an IRC activity @debian.org. With all those
larger companies now having an online chat window opening when one
idles for more than a second on their page, I can well imagine
expectations to somehow change.

 My nick was Ti-chan. You can research if you please.
 I did nothing, just kindly asked for help regarding partitioning.
 [...]
 
 And then, apparently, you started insulting people.

I can well imagine how one has made the investment to install some
IRC client to get access to that presumed source of help. One is
happy to get it started and to understand what this join to a channel
might mean - and then nobody wants to react to a my machine does not
boot kind of question. Let us assume too little time to have passed
between that experience and the mail to this list.

irc.debian.org was an inappropriate address for that kind of help
seeked. A local Linux group for volunteers' help may work out better.
However, at least over here, the Linux user groups are somewhat on
the decline, much like nobody ever hears about Windows user groups.
Linux is just everywhere. When we send people off to look for help
locally, this effectively really means to either have a (friend's)*
friend who has done it before or to just ask any IT professional.

For improving synchronous help, I have no immediate idea. Anything
that comes to mind would cost money. And the Debian main pages would
need to point to that. This is then more Ubuntu than Debian, I think.

 I also considered investing into the Debian project by donating
 millions of dollars.
 [...]
 
 If you really have so much money to spare, consider paid support from a
 consultant as listed under http://www.debian.org/consultants/.

A million donated to Debian would have zero effect on irc.debian.org,
I presume. What would we do with a million for Debian? My personal
hunch is that Debian would best be served by having the donor starting a
viable business that uses our distro and where there is a gap in
functionality have that closed by a new Open Source development / patches
to existing software. :o) This sounds like an interesting separate
thread.

All the best,

Steffen





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Re: Greaat disappointment

2011-10-01 Thread Sune Vuorela
On 2011-10-01, Steffen Möller steffen_moel...@gmx.de wrote:
 My nick was Ti-chan. You can research if you please.
 I did nothing, just kindly asked for help regarding partitioning.
 [...]
 
 And then, apparently, you started insulting people.

 I can well imagine how one has made the investment to install some
 IRC client to get access to that presumed source of help. One is
 happy to get it started and to understand what this join to a channel
 might mean - and then nobody wants to react to a my machine does not

[00:56] Ti-chan Hi. Could someone who has a remotely comprehensive
understanding of partitioning and is not a complete dumbass help me out?

is apparantly the guys first words to the debian channel, around 15
minutes after he joined. There is nothing kind nor any investments over
that.

/Sune


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Re: Greaat disappointment

2011-10-01 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
On 11-10-01 at 09:14am, Sune Vuorela wrote:
 On 2011-10-01, Steffen Möller steffen_moel...@gmx.de wrote:
  My nick was Ti-chan. You can research if you please.
  I did nothing, just kindly asked for help regarding partitioning.
  [...]
  
  And then, apparently, you started insulting people.
 
  I can well imagine how one has made the investment to install some 
  IRC client to get access to that presumed source of help. One is 
  happy to get it started and to understand what this join to a 
  channel might mean - and then nobody wants to react to a my machine 
  does not
 
 [00:56] Ti-chan Hi. Could someone who has a remotely comprehensive 
 understanding of partitioning and is not a complete dumbass help me 
 out?
 
 is apparantly the guys first words to the debian channel, around 15 
 minutes after he joined. There is nothing kind nor any investments 
 over that.

Installing(!) an IRC client and diving into the world of IRC is an 
investment.  Possibly so long ago that you made that investment that you 
have forgotten, but the investment is real.

I still remember how clumsy I felt with IRC back in 2004 when I started 
using IRC (in order to reach the the people in same room as me when I 
joined my first debconf - debconf4 in Brazil).  It was quite an 
investment for me back then to install an IRC client (thanks for the 
help, Micah!), and I am sure I broke some rules of conduct when I 
started chatting.

I agree that it makes good sense why no good comes out of above message, 
but I disagree that there could be no investment involved.


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Re: Greaat disappointment

2011-10-01 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Sat, Oct 01, 2011 at 09:48 +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
 Le samedi 01 octobre 2011 à 01:55 +0200, Qactuar Rogue a écrit : 
  I do not want Debian anymore however. I do not wish to use software
  developed by those people who are surfing on your IRC channels, thank
  you very much.
 
 I’m afraid I have to inform you that Debian is not developed by people
 who spend their days trolling on #debian.

It is certainly not developed by people *trolling* on #debian, but there are
DDs, DMs and otherwise active contributors among the regulars.

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Re: Greaat disappointment

2011-10-01 Thread Wolodja Wentland
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 22:34 -0400, Kevin Mark wrote:
 On Sat, Oct 01, 2011 at 01:55:01AM +0200, Qactuar Rogue wrote:

 you will find a much better response if you ask your question on the
 debian-user mailing list. That list is more representative of the good people
 who use debian than the IRC channel. IRC is another kind of beast. It is more
 hit or miss. Debian does not pay people to moderate IRC or the mailing lists,
 we are a group of volunteers. 

I am surprised by the perception of IRC support in the Debian community
exemplified by this mail. I do not know about your own experiences, Mark, but
I have the impression that some people (still?) think that IRC support is best
to be avoided, that support on the mailing lists is better and that something
needs to be done about our IRC culture. 

You are correct in that you say that getting good support on #debian is a bit
of a hit or miss in that there is no guarantee of it and it depends on when
and who you run into on the channel, but there are numerous examples of people
receiving *very good* support. In some cases people spend hours to debug and
fix a specific problem, in others questions are answered immediately because
the regulars are aware of many current problems and their solution and
sometimes one does not find good support or are trolled. The latter is rare
but cannot be avoided, but I should note that the channel community strives to
maintain a professional and helpful athmosphere and that trolls are most often
swiftly dealt with. It is a hit or miss, but some people are really happy with
the support they receive on #debian and explicitly state that good and
professional IRC support is 

I can only invite all participants in this thread and those who want to make
up their mind about IRC support to spend this weekend in the channels and I
would certainly be happy to see *more* DDs/DMs in #debian in particular because
IRC *is* an important medium for Debian development and support. If you think
that something is wrong, act accordingly and set a good example.

Specific to the issue at hand:

1. Ti-Chan/Qactuar/TAKA's first words in the channel (#d on oftc) were:

[00:56] Ti-chan Hi. Could someone who has a remotely comprehensive
  understanding of partitioning and is not a complete
  dumbass help me out?

   Which is not a very good way to start any conversation. If one seeks help
   it doesn't make sense to approach people you want help from in a hostile
   and insulting manner. The reactions were foreseeable and I can guarantee
   you that if Ti-Chan would have said something like:

I apologise for my choice of words, but I really need help with
partitioning. I do not understand FOO, BAR and BAZ and am looking for some
advice on partitioning best-practices. My setup is ... and the machine
will be used for ...

  The response would have been much different. And I would like to point out
  that the initial reactions were:

[00:57] devil Ti-chan: maybe try that again
[00:57] ompaul Ti-chan: given that one persons expert is another's
 beginner, you really got that question right!
[00:57] ompaul btw we sat here all your life waiting to abuse you ;-)
[00:58] -*- daemonkeeper is a dumbass so he can't help.
[00:58] -*- devil is a comprehensive dumbass.
[00:58] ompaul I am a multi ass that is dumb
[00:59] Ti-chan You can straight stop picking on me. I am not here for
that. And in a forum for a quality software used by millions, 
certain
language is not appropriate.
[00:59] ompaul you are here
[00:59] ompaul you abused those who might help you
[00:59] ompaul deal with it - life is not fair
[00:59] devil Ti-chan: yeah, your language is not appropriate
[00:59] amphi Ti-chan: which language did you have in mind?
[01:00] ompaul amphi: something derived from the original statement I 
guess.

  Which is arguably not the perfect response, but pretty understandable and
  would have left ample opportunities to ask a *real* question and seek help.
  I really don't understand why somebody thinks that starting a conversation
  with strangers while using an unfamiliar medium in that manner is/was a good
  idea. Ti-Chan/Qactuar/TAKA might want to comment on that.

2. A bit later Ti-Chan/Qactar/TAKA joined #debian on FreeNode with the
   following result:

[01:13] Ti-chan Hi. I have questions about partitioning. Could someone
who knows about it in detail be of assistance?
[01:15] dondelelcaro !tell Ti-chan -about ask
[01:15] ompaul Ti-chan: I don't know, what exactly is your question, some 
background would be useful.
[01:16] Ti-chan What folders to create a seperate partition for and whit
what size. (I have my own idea about it) Would very nice if I could
discuss this with someone
[01:17] daemonkeeper There is not a single, correct answer to that 
question, 

Re: Greaat disappointment

2011-10-01 Thread Michael Banck
Hi,

On Sat, Oct 01, 2011 at 11:38:01AM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
 Installing(!) an IRC client and diving into the world of IRC is an 
 investment.  

Totally, but please also honor the (huge!) investment by the people
doing first-level support in #debian (both on irc.debian.org and
irc.freenode.net).  They spent an awful lot of time helping out people;
that some fall through the cracks is unfortunate, but not really
possible to avoid.  And I am not talking about Ti-chan here, who I guess
did not really merit the attention at all.

I remember some time ago when I used to be in there how frequently
frustrated people from #ubuntu tried to sneak in to get support by
claiming to run testing, cause the support in #d was much better.


Michael


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Re: Greaat disappointment

2011-10-01 Thread Christian Brenner
Hello Mr. Halchenko,

with all due respect, do you think a statement like the following is a
good start if you ask someone for help?

Hi. Could someone who has a remotely comprehensive understanding of
partitioning and is not a complete dumbass help me out?

I mean, a certain amount of respect would be nice. Also, they tried to
point out, what you did wrong and you went straight ahead:

OK. If here is anyone over the age of 14 AND you know about
partitioning, please help me out. I need help. That is why I came here.

Next time, please think about you statement when you ask someone for
your help.

Have a nice day,
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Re: Greaat disappointment

2011-10-01 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le samedi 01 octobre 2011 à 01:55 +0200, Qactuar Rogue a écrit : 
 I still want Linux. I hate Windows. Microsoft is a disgusting
 transnational organization.

OMFFSM, how could I miss that?

→ sent by cact...@hotmail.com

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Greaat disappointment

2011-09-30 Thread Qactuar Rogue

Hi.

I was planning on installing Debian on a new laptop that had Windows 7 
pre-installed.
I was researching the methods of installation for two weeks (partitioning etc).
Then right before beginning the disk wipe and later the installation
I had problems deciding on my own for what kind of partition table to create
and wanted to have feedback from somebody who has a comprehensive understanding 
on the subject.
I went on IRC. Firstly I tried #Debian on irc.debian.org then I tried #Debian 
at chat.freenode.com

I would like to express my greatest disappointment regarding the `helpfulness` 
of the people on the channel.
On irc.debian.org everyone was a complete dumbass. On both channels I was told 
off for asking my questions by PMing someone
who  replied to my posting on the channel. My nick was Ti-chan. You can 
research if you please.
I did nothing, just kindly asked for help regarding partitioning.

In a community that is supposed to stand for friendship and kindness, on a 
channel that is there for helping people
who choose Linux as an alternative, having people behave with you so unkindly 
is a shame.

I still want Linux. I hate Windows. Microsoft is a disgusting transnational 
organization.
I do not want Debian anymore however. I do not wish to use software developed 
by those
people who are surfing on your IRC channels, thank you very much.
I also considered investing into the Debian project by donating millions of 
dollars.
To help the creation of software which can effectively conquer the popularity 
of Windows,
A software which reaches most end users and helps them understand the pros of 
Linux and the cons of Windows.
So that the computing world is reformed and pulled out of the shit it is 
currently deep in.

I chose Debian because it is a community driven development project.
Free of the idiotic marketing strategies and instability of other distributions.

I would be most grateful if this message reached one of your key people.
I do not understand how such negative experiences can happen to anybody in the 
Linux world.
As a human being I am truly ashamed for such unkind people and as a denizen of 
this planet I am outraged
that entire projects can slip because of people`s bad experience with Linux.
Nobody can be surprised that most home users go for Windows. Many bad things 
can be said about
Microsoft but they at least have the obligation of keeping an effective 
customer support service up and going.

Thanks for reading my random ramble mortal.
You may return to your duties.
We may hear of each other again. I may consider creating my own foundation for 
an all new OS.

Friendly greetings,
TAKA
  

Re: Greaat disappointment

2011-09-30 Thread Yaroslav Halchenko
Hi Qactuar,

NB: crossposting to debian-devel since my question below is Debian
developers oriented

sad to hear that you had such a displeasure... as an excuse I can only
say that it is not necessarily that people who advised you on the IRC
channels you have tried -- are the ones who develop Debian.  Chat
rooms are open to anyone to participate so YMMV, so if I were you I
would be more careful on the judgments  about the project.  As far as
installation goes -- it should have been quite straightforward having
you chosen official images/instructions from
http://www.debian.org/distrib/ and just following questions of Debian
installation process which gives you options to facilitate installation
of Debian in your scenario.  If something doesn't work -- then
please state what was not...

BUT your unfortunate experience lead me to actual question now:  why
http://irc.debian.org leads to a webpage which visually seems to have
nothing with Debian in its appearance?  I understand that it leads to
OFTC servers, but indeed it might be  confusing for newcomers.  Could we
ask for a VirtualHost entry for irc.debian.org with few simple
pages so we have adequate appearance/description ?

Cheers,

On Sat, 01 Oct 2011, Qactuar Rogue wrote:

Hi.
I was planning on installing Debian on a new laptop that had Windows 7
pre-installed.
I was researching the methods of installation for two weeks
(partitioning etc).
Then right before beginning the disk wipe and later the installation
I had problems deciding on my own for what kind of partition table to
create
and wanted to have feedback from somebody who has a comprehensive
understanding on the subject.
I went on IRC. Firstly I tried #Debian on irc.debian.org then I tried
#Debian at chat.freenode.com
I would like to express my greatest disappointment regarding the
`helpfulness` of the people on the channel.
On irc.debian.org everyone was a complete dumbass. On both channels I
was told off for asking my questions by PMing someone
who  replied to my posting on the channel. My nick was Ti-chan. You can
research if you please.
I did nothing, just kindly asked for help regarding partitioning.
In a community that is supposed to stand for friendship and kindness,
on a channel that is there for helping people
who choose Linux as an alternative, having people behave with you so
unkindly is a shame.
I still want Linux. I hate Windows. Microsoft is a disgusting
transnational organization.
I do not want Debian anymore however. I do not wish to use software
developed by those
people who are surfing on your IRC channels, thank you very much.
I also considered investing into the Debian project by donating
millions of dollars.
To help the creation of software which can effectively conquer the
popularity of Windows,
A software which reaches most end users and helps them understand the
pros of Linux and the cons of Windows.
So that the computing world is reformed and pulled out of the shit it
is currently deep in.
I chose Debian because it is a community driven development project.
Free of the idiotic marketing strategies and instability of other
distributions.
I would be most grateful if this message reached one of your key
people.
I do not understand how such negative experiences can happen to anybody
in the Linux world.
As a human being I am truly ashamed for such unkind people and as a
denizen of this planet I am outraged
that entire projects can slip because of people`s bad experience with
Linux.
Nobody can be surprised that most home users go for Windows. Many bad
things can be said about
Microsoft but they at least have the obligation of keeping an effective
customer support service up and going.
Thanks for reading my random ramble mortal.
You may return to your duties.
We may hear of each other again. I may consider creating my own
foundation for an all new OS.
Friendly greetings,
TAKA

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Re: Greaat disappointment

2011-09-30 Thread Arno Töll
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Re: Greaat disappointment

2011-09-30 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sat, Oct 01, 2011 at 01:55:01AM +0200, Qactuar Rogue wrote:
 Hi.
 
 I was planning on installing Debian on a new laptop that had Windows 7
 pre-installed.
 I was researching the methods of installation for two weeks (partitioning 
 etc).
 Then right before beginning the disk wipe and later the installation
 I had problems deciding on my own for what kind of partition table to create
 and wanted to have feedback from somebody who has a comprehensive 
 understanding
 on the subject.
 I went on IRC. Firstly I tried #Debian on irc.debian.org then I tried #Debian
 at chat.freenode.com
snip
 Thanks for reading my random ramble mortal.
 You may return to your duties.
 We may hear of each other again. I may consider creating my own foundation for
 an all new OS.
 
 Friendly greetings,
 TAKA
Hi TAKA,
you will find a much better response if you ask your question on the
debian-user mailing list. That list is more representative of the good people
who use debian than the IRC channel. IRC is another kind of beast. It is more
hit or miss. Debian does not pay people to moderate IRC or the mailing lists,
we are a group of volunteers. There are developers, administrators, users and
such. There are about 1,000 main debian software maintainers. But maintaining
software is different than answering questions on IRC or mailing lists. The
people on IRC and Mailing lists can be anyone. Please try the mailing lists on
lists.debian.org, you will find nice folks there. You might also have local
debian user group for even better help. my local group goes out for beers and
helps new users personally.

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