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In the Irish language.

Saol fada chugat, LQ (Long life to you, LQ).

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Originally Posted by goldennuggets (Post 5872076)

Amazing!!! 18 years. I can't believe it. Keep up the great work!

Pros: It seems that even with obscure things, there's normally someone who will provide an answer or at least point you in the right direction.

Cons: Still a bit of arrogance in the posts at times. Pride is a very ugly trait.
It would be good to also teach more. Don't just say "do this" and end the post. Explain how and why something is done. This way we can keep growing. If the person you're helping doesn't really care, that's okay, someone else coming up later might find it very useful.

As a new user, i absolutely agree. i already know how to fish, but i need to know why the
fish are not biting, where they are hiding, what other bait might i be using. If i'm going
to tangle with an OS, then i need to know how it thinks. It follows rules of logic and reason and so do i. To just tell folks to type in this command and it s-h-o-u-l-d work. But what if it
doesn't work? What is that cmd attempting to do? You got the idea.
I'll do my best to at least describe the problem and issues involved in a clear and concise way.
Thank you all for providing a platform which might help me to stay out of a rubber room.
I hear that the food is not to good either.

Amazing.
Sadly, it took 16 years for me to find this site :(

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Originally Posted by Mishap (Post 6005306)

Amazing.
Sadly, it took 16 years for me to find this site :(

Better late than never! ;)

LQ is awesome as ever and getting better. Love it. : ))

A very good site. I have been a member for over 10 years.
Keep up the good work.

LQ has been my choice!

LQ has been, nearly, my only source for help with my Linux box!

Happy New Year, dear forum!

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Originally Posted by hazel (Post 5872988)

The question is, should we flame even people who are clearly asking for it?

Rather than flaming people who are asking for it I try to use what I call Canadian politeness. (I am not Canadian but I lived in Canada for 17 years.) Many Canadians have a very effective way to rebut an emotional rant. They become super calm and super polite. They reply to the ranter's statements with calm logical statements which have no emotional content. Canadian politeness is extremely effective and it is fun to calmly tie the ranter into logical knots.

The only 2 sites i go to for help is first here and then Ubuntu forums if I don't get help here - BUT i rarely have to transistion over to Ubuntu forums~!

We love you!

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Originally Posted by chal (Post 5891512)

Thanks Jeremy for keeping this site alive and growing. I find it a valuable resource and have never once seen anyone being rude to anyone else. I guess I have a thick skin, if someone were to be rude, one monkey don't stop the show. Keep up the good work.

I had a guy that was rude to me and others - he would continuosly degrade me for not googling things myself was I was a Linux newbie...

I changed my name to another name that isn't my real name, and the problem(s) with him stopped. Sad that I had to be the one doing that.

Never had another problem with him YET!

Anyways, this site is the best Linux source for help, we love you!

Wow. It seems like only yesterday that I found this amazing site for the first time. I can honestly say that LQ was absolutely critical to my early success as a newbie Linux Admin. Nearly 20 years later I am a happy Linux Systems Engineer working for a four letter government agency. Happy birthday LinuxQuestions and thank you Jeremy for everything you have done for the community.

Over the years a few forums have shut down, firstly moving to the centralised reddit, and then the private only Discord, only to die a death as new users can't find posts hidden from search engines.

Not LinuxQuestions!

Long live LinuxQuestions!

p.s. I've been a user since Mandrake 4. Just got my email hacked a few years ago, sadly.

p.p.s Any ideas to improve the forum? Hmm. I'm studying to be a reading expert at the moment.
I suppose you could:

- alternate colour code lines the menu on the right so it's easier to read

- put lightly more space between letters so it's slightly easier to read

- put slightly more space between lines so they're easier to read

- change the default zoom a bit so that things are easier to read. I always hit ctrl+ to zoom in a bit, but maybe some people never thought to do that

None of this is essential though. Just ideas.

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Originally Posted by dfhhsthtrjnb (Post 6446177)

firstly moving to the centralised reddit, and then the private only Discord, only to die a death as new users can't find posts hidden from search engines.

And Reddit is already leaking users as well.