andycrofts
12-03-2002, 11:45 AM
Hi
How 'bout adding to the 'profiles' bit a section
What version/distro/computer/video card/...
(You get the drift.)
I tried to help by answering a Q. about "can't get redhat to work". I can. No sweat. So, without this info. I'm as welcome as a fart in a spacesuit on the forum............
-Cheers
-Andy
heron26
12-03-2002, 12:17 PM
That would help because there are so many times people are not at all clear about what they are needing in the question they ask.
But those things can be dealt with in a reply by including a qualifier as to what situation your answer addresses.
Sometimes though there are newbies who are doing multiple installs on different machines, or the machine they are asking questions about is not the one they first installed Linux on, but a subsequent machine they are trying.
But overall, it would probably help some, if people would fill it out.
I notice that many do not even complete the questions that are there. I understand their need for privacy, but there are times when just a little more info would help so much.
andycrofts
12-03-2002, 12:29 PM
If you knew the answer, you could ask the right question...
X_console
12-14-2002, 05:00 AM
Why not just put the information as a signature?
pauper
12-14-2002, 07:57 AM
I understand their need for privacy, but there are times when just a little more info would help so much. I understand exactly where heron is coming from on this - from a work and play point of view.
I think andycrofts is right - having the space to put in their system details, people might actually do it! Lets face it, for about an hour of programming time (tops) needed to add these fields to the database and into the PHP data capture fields, we would at least have the information at our fingertips to resolve maybe 20% of the problems posed in the forums.
On the other hand, to not do so would waste how many hours of retyping the same questions over and over again for how many people?
I believe that most of the people out there are are proud of their systems and their achievements - give them a chance to swagger a bit and show it off! Better yet, make it a part of the signature and shame the ones that don't fill it in into doing so - set the defaults to 'IBM 8086, 16kb RAM, 5¼" floppy running MS DOS 1.1' and see how fast they change it!
Of course, there is the other side of the coin - the multi-system people! There again, they usually aren't the ones that forget to include the info since they've already been there several times!
intel P4 1.7, 512mb DDR. 80gb RH8.0
intel P3 750, 512mb, 40g/100g W2K
intel P3 650, 256mb, 20g W2K laptop
intel P2 650, 256mb, 12g/12g/12g/12g W2K server
intel P2 266, 128mb, 6g + 2g/2g/2g SCSI +++ - W98 (next linux candidate)
sparc 7, 128mb, 6.5g scsi, Solaris 7
intel P200mmx, 64mb, 1.5gb W98
intel P166mmx, 64mb, 1.5gb, lfs (Linux from scratch - still building)
intel P120, 128mb, 4x6gb scsi raid 5, Novell 3.12
Makes one heck of a signature block doesn't it? :D
Before you ask, that's my home network, I live alone! No prizes for guessing my hobbies!
But to get back on topic, most users don't have a list like this one, in fact most have one or at most two machines so including this info into the profile shouldn't be a problem and would certainly help those of us willing to answer questions!!!