Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] icky low level linux stuff
From: Joseph Zitt (jzitt_AT_metatronpress.com)
Date: Sat Jul 27 2002 - 06:11:33 EEST
On Sat, 27 Jul 2002 12:08:14 +0900
Patrick Shirkey <pshirkey_AT_boosthardware.com> wrote:
> Should we be making a more conscious effort to dumb down our advice?
> It's hard work giving advice to someone when you know little or
> nothing of their experience and needs.
It is hard. But that has nothing to do with "dumbing down". It is
possible to explain things clearly without condescension. I've seen you
do it.
> Perhaps there should be another list for advice to less advanced users
> where we make the effort to get onto their level. This could help new
> users to feel more comfortable asking simple questions.
>
> This list was setup to give a forum to discussion for Linux audio
> users without cluttering the up the discusson on the devel list. I
> don't ever recall us making a decision to lower the level to LCD.
With these matters, the critical and difficult issue is where the
dividing line is between "advanced" and "less advanced". It's sort of
like the question of who should pay more taxes: almost everyone thinks
that it should start with people just a bit richer than himself. I would
consider people who are at the point of building their own kernels to be
"more advanced", but we see that that is far from a unanimous opinion.
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