[TriLUG] Who runs Red Hat Linux and KDE

[H.Wade Minter]

On Saturday, May 24, 2003, at 01:33 PM, zzd wrote:

> Yes, we know that a lot of effort and work went into this, and there 
> are
> others out there who I am sure appreciate those efforts. But sniping on
> a mailing list only leaves a bad taste [...]

I would hope that this happy little reprimand would also apply to those 
in the community who regularly use lies, half-truths, and opinions 
masquerading as fact to trash-talk said distribution.  By all means, 
use the distribution that best suits your needs - that's one of the 
strengths of the Linux community.  Different distros for different 
focuses.  But if you feel the need to spin the big Twister wheel and 
pick one particular group as "evil", and then spend inordinate amounts 
of time trying to tear them down to try to justify your choices, you 
need a new hobby.

> Promote Linux, promote choice!

You're not promoting Linux if you use every possible opportunity to 
loudly proclaim the evilness of this distro or that distro, based on 
the fact that they don't do everything the way that you want them to 
do.  You're just hurting the community and the continuing inroads of 
Linux into the mainstream as a whole, and looking like a fool to boot.

--Wade