Agreed. That's been part of my frustration with the flame wars breaking out here. The fact that this list is far BETTER than most lists I've been on. So I think the bar is raised a little higher here, personally. The last few days aren't normal, unless I'm ignoring large flame wars that have taken place in the past. Either way, I wouldn't let it discourage you, Tom. Most people here will answer your questions respectfully and politely. Johnny and company do a great job putting together this distribution. Like I said, it's a distro I'd pay for (and I *will* put my money where my mouth is when I get the chance). Preston On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 10:24 -0400, William Warren wrote: > That's bad to hear. I use CentOS here. I just filter out the noise. > All mailing lists have issues from time to time. I have yet to not have > a question answered in a nice manner personally. > > Tom Cat wrote: > > This is my first post. This also will be my last. > > > > I really must have picked the wrong time to join this list. I joined > > b/c I was thinking of switching to CentOS at home. We have RHEL at > > work and it is great, I just can't afford the cost for home. > > > > I first went to Whitebox, but that seems to be plagued by slow updates > > and a dependency on one person. Then the seriously broken mailing > > list removal system happened and the list was flooded with unsubscribe > > requests - this was all before the hurricane hit. Most everyone on > > that list claimed they were moving to CentOS. So I thought I'd check > > into it. > > > > What I encountered here is just horrible. I've only seen about a > > day's worth of posts, but it is one of the worst flame wars I've ever > > seen. I'm of course not going use CentOS either. With a list like > > this there will never be any support if I run into a problem. If > > CentOS is still around in a year or two and I still have found a good > > distro, I'll check and see if anything has improved. > > > > I'd suggest you take Mr. Knaddison's advice below. #2 seems like the > > best plan as there will be a forum moderator who can lock threads and > > delete posts. At worst a flame will only be visible until the > > moderator gets around to delete it. > > > > Good Bye. > > > > > > On 9/15/05, Greg Knaddison <greg.knaddison at gmail.com> wrote: > > > >>Possible solutions that require zero involvement from the already busy > >>project team: > >> > >>1. Use your email client to better manage the flow and turn it into a trickle > >>2. Use the forums on your time rather than having it emailed in and > >>disrupting your life http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb > >>3. Subscribe to the list using an account that you use specifically > >>for the list (I'll send gmail invites to anyone interested) and only > >>read that account when you want...otherwise, ignore it > >>4. Unsubscribe > >> > >>You can combine 2 and 4 for maximum effect. > >> > >>Given those options, why does the project team need to get involved? > >> > >>Greg > >>_______________________________________________ > >>CentOS mailing list > >>CentOS at centos.org > >>http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS at centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > . > > >