Do Linux Snobs Exist, or are Newbies Just Oversensitive?

[mandy]

One particularly distraught new Linux user came to me and shared how his meeting with a number of Linux "pros" turned to a bash Windows, bash him and bash everything he said gathering. Instead of answering his question regarding which GUI they prefer to use on their systems, the response was a clear: "you ignoramous! Go back to your Windows."...

As I spoke to newbies, one Windows user who wanted to learn about Linux shared the encouraging and constructive note (not) he received from one of the project members. The responding note read:
"Hi jackass, RTFM and stop wasting our time trying to help you children learn."...

full article: http://reallylinux.com/docs/snobsoped.shtml

...comments such as. “If Linux is too hard for you, why don't you just go back to windows.” after some newbie complains about the hard time she is having getting her system to work properly. More comments like “if you cant' make it work, then just go back to what ever worked before.” This is not the way to increase freedom for users...

Many of these people want to keep GNU/Linux as something just for people who are somehow “elite” they think that by using GNU/Linux and then telling everyone else to go away they can be part of some sort of in crowd. What is the point of joining some sort of in crowd that is mean, not only to newbies, but to each other as well...

full article: http://www.libervis.com/blogs/15/Jastiv/...rtfm_jerks

[jezebel]

Do Linux Snobs Exist,

Ask Rose. 

[bargainbloodhound]

[rose]

How did I miss this thread?

[quote author=jezebel link=topic=3438.msg12735#msg12735 date=1145576411]

Do Linux Snobs Exist,

Ask Rose. 
[/quote]

Linux snobs don't exist but stupid newbies are a reality. The writer of the article is obviously a Windows user. 

[misteroriginal]

Linux is a word that describes  too many OSs. Red Hat Linux is an OS. Suse Linux is another, though very similar, OS. That's the underlying problem. Let's not even talk about all the flavors of Red Had and the discontinued support for recent releases. The fast development cycle is great if you like endless upgrades or being cut off.

[sanji]

[quote author=misteroriginal link=topic=3438.msg19826#msg19826 date=1154856812]
Linux is a word that describes  too many OSs. Red Hat Linux is an OS. Suse Linux is another, though very similar, OS. That's the underlying problem. Let's not even talk about all the flavors of Red Had and the discontinued support for recent releases. The fast development cycle is great if you like endless upgrades or being cut off.
[/quote]

Linux describes one operating system: Linux.  Red Hat and Suse aren't operating systems they are Linux distributions.  :

[misteroriginal]

Snob!