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    [–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 19 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

    I find this to be one of those memes that's not actually based on facts but on feelings. If you ask a question that could have been answered by a quick search, or asked a very vague question, then sure. Otherwise, I find that the linux and FOSS community as a whole tends to be extremely helpful and patient. Yes, there are assholes, but overall the community is full of people willing to help.

    [–] oeuf@slrpnk.net 11 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

    Yeah, I've found everyone to be kind, patient and helpful to me since day 1 - not a single bitchy reply that I can remember. Been using Linux for about 3 years now.

    [–] Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

    Yeah i like to think if you're smart and ask good questions people are happy to help

    [–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 9 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

    The people might be great if you're chatting on discord or something, but if you're just trying to Google the answer, results tend to get a lot of variations of these answers.

    [–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

    Yup, there are a lot of old forum posts that basically boil down to:

    Lost user (0 comments/1 posts): Hey, I’m having a weird error and haven’t been able to find anything about it. Sorry if this is a newbie question, but I’ve already tried searching for it and have come up empty-handed:
    {Detailed error description}
    {Detailed instructions to recreate error}
    {Debug level logs showing the error}

    Forum mod (1,234,567 comments/65,535 posts): {Insert any/all of the following: RTFM/This could be fixed with a simple command (without posting what the command is)/It works on my machine/Just run sudo rm -rf --no-preserve-root / and go back to Windows, Skill issue, Duplicate post (without linking to the post that has an answer), etc…} Closing this post.

    [–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

    I guess I'm just really lucky, because I almost never run into those. Sometimes I find the good ol' xkcd DenverCoder9 problem:

    Lost user: (Random Monday Five Years Ago, 7:00 pm) Hey, here's your exact problem, down to the specific language on the error message even.

    Lost user: (Random Monday Five Years Ago, 8:30 pm) nvm figured it out

    But even more often than that I actually get frustrated in the other direction:

    Lost user: Hey, I'm having a problem with totally-not-grombl.

    Experienced user: Oh yeah, I've seen that. Just run sudo grombl reload -skqq --xbs-juju '2793' and then restart your desktop environment.

    Lost user: Oh thanks, that totally worked!

    Meanwhile I'm like...but why did that work?! It was a completely different package and there's no indication why the two would even be related...? And sure, it did work, but I've learned nothing now.

    [–] Broadfern@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

    Dependencies. It’s always frickin’ dependencies.

    Or systemd.

    [–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

    Well, yes. There are many different answers to any specific question because there are many ways to accomplish the same task. That doesn't mean that one way is correct and the rest are wrong. It is up to you, the end user, to decide which of the correct answers suits you best. If you don't know, pick one and move on until you have to revisit the solution.

    [–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 hours ago

    Except none of the answers in the meme are right or viable options to solve whatever problem, especially not for people trying to search up the answer later. Somebody might have given a useful answer once, but that one useful result gets drowned by these non-answers.

    [–] OwOarchist@pawb.social -2 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

    if you’re just trying to Google the answer, results tend to get a lot of variations of these answers.

    Skill issue, then.

    Your search skills suck. I usually get very helpful and relevant results when I search for a problem ... because I know how to search for it specifically and precisely.

    [–] Hawke@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago

    I used to, before the Internet went shit. Now it’s all AI spam shit telling you how to do everything you’ve already tried.

    [–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 hours ago

    Or all your problems are actually easy to figure out, and therefore quick and easy to post about.