Aside from all of the answers that have been submitted so far, I have two of my own:

1. If I can't find an answer here, it's faster for me to find an answer in Google than to wait until someone answers my question.

2. I've seen the nasty response that people get if they ask a question that's already been answered. If I missed an answer that was already posted, I just don't think I could handle that type of abuse.

-GurupuNana

Like other newbie, most of my problems have been already answer and I need to do more experience and reading to be able to give others some interesting reponses

I am new and don't have many questions that can be answered here.
I have been reading the How-To's to get enough info to ask structured questions. I only posted when I was having install troubles.

I search here a lot and some of my basic stuff has already been answered so there is no reason to ask again

Hi,

I don't post very often because it's very difficult for me to find somebody that faced before issues on such material.

I am working in an Industrial PC manufacturer and usually I use Linux on material that is not very common for Linux users.

I use LinuxQuestions as clues to find my solutions because even if my equipment is different, the techno is similar and the chips used also.

Meanwhile, I used to go all around the Web to get a solution and today LQ is my first choice for search (after Google to be honest).

Thanks a lot for this wonderful website.

Rgds,

Paulox

Let me clarify and comment on some of these:

a. and b. - I can see lack of time since you have your own forums.
c. - Really, what's wrong with a busy forum. What are you going to do if your's gets too busy, shut it down or something.. I like busy boards, more members, more information shared and lots happening.. and so on..
d. vBulletin, well it is based off of it but Jeremy has hacked so much into it, I wouldn't necessarily say its vBulletin any longer, only based off of it...
e. Really, I don't have any problems with the ads currently..
f. They can be annoying, but hey, if they help pay the bills.. who cares.
g. I don't like them either myself.. but see my reason on f.
e. Very annoying but hey, easily ignored and you can skip over.. We can't monitor everything and that's just being too picky in my own opinion.. I don't care if it has !!!!!!!! and so on.. as long as it has a good title with it that describes the problem to me..

Regards...

I want to search the data base or archives for posts on how to use WINE and how you get it to open the Windows Programs like PhotoShop. But I find no archive listing, no data base listing or topic or subject listing. So how do I seach for information?
Ed

I really haven't been on this site in quite a while, though i was here quite often when i first started using linux...i just haven't really had any trouble lately setting anything up or working with my system.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/search.php

--jeremy

Thanks for the responses so far. Glad to see that most reasons do not have to do with a deficiency in the site. Keep the comments coming!

--jeremy

I spend less and less time online. But, when I come on a thread that I have some expertise in I do weigh in.

Some times the threads seem to follow somwe amazing rabbit trails.

This is this is the only Linux board I use.

With regards to c), i think is hard to get into a community after it has really kicked off, and it is easy for a lot of posts from newcommers to get overlooked etc because there are simply so many of them.

With regards to e,f,g, i understand the bills have to be paid for somehow...

The 2nd e ... your proberly right.... From past experiences, a question followed by a load of exclaimation marks/question marks normally means some lame 12 y/o is trying to run a script against hotmail.com and expecting to see a scene out of the Matrix as hotmail.com falls into his control... only its not working, and that is what is question is about... Ok, maybe thats not the case here, but everytime i see a post like it, im reminded of the prats that have cloged up some of the better security security boards / mailing lists ive been a part of in the past...

No offence ment btw....

I'll proberly start posting a bit more over here... i suppose its easy to knock it until you REALLY try it...

G'Luck, maybe i'll see you around

Jason

Can usually find an answer in the search. But it would help, if the forums were broken down a little further, I'm using SuSE 8.2. There are times I've read answers and really have no clue what was said. But on the plus side this is best Linux forums I belong to. I'm not afraid to hurt the machine even if I mess up to the point of a reformat and reload. I had to due it enough with Windows.

I would personally rather not wait for a reply if the answer already exists

The same here i find the answer elsewhere here. The problem is with the new to the OS when you ask a question you get that has already been answered. So why ask when you already know the answer is the answer is posted elsewhere

I have to echo a few things that have already been said...
1) I'm new here on LQ and I'm still learning so mainly the forum has been a research treasure trove.
2) I generally prefer to try and exhaust my searching before posting - especially in an established community - so that I'm not rehashing a dead thread for the 800th time.
3) back to #1...I find a new perspective on the challenge I'm currently working on, go back and try it, come back and read more, so on and so forth...ultimately, when I can't seem to make headway (or make install ) with my issue, I'll post.