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On Saturday, August 15, 2020, 10:43:03 PM PDT, Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com> wrote:
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<div>Naturally, Ubuntu.<br><br>----- Forwarded message from Rick Moen <<a href="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rick@linuxmafia.com</a>> -----<br><br>Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2020 22:39:48 -0700<br>From: Rick Moen <<a href="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rick@linuxmafia.com</a>><br>To: DW <<a href="mailto:killian44p@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">killian44p@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: Amarok for Kubuntu 20.04<br><br>Quoting DW (<a href="mailto:killian44p@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">killian44p@gmail.com</a>):<br><br>> Please, Please pretty please with sugar on top even update your<br>> software because I do in fact love your Media Player and I have been<br>> trying to make it work with the new update for Ubuntu. I'm even<br>> considering down grading just so I can use Amarok.<br>> <br>> Very Sincerely,<br>> <br>> Doran Whisman<br><br>Hey, Doran! You wrote to:<br><br> To: <a href="mailto:respond-auto@linuxmafia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">respond-auto@linuxmafia.com</a><br><br>That's me. Unfortunately for you, I have absolutely nothing to do with<br>Amorok. In fact, until I got your mail, I'd never hear of Amorok in my<br>life. So, you ask, how did you end up sending me mail when you were<br>trying to reach the Amorok developers?<br><br>I can guess.<br><br>You were at the Amorok Web site, <a href="https://amarok.kde.org/ " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amarok.kde.org/ </a>, and navigated<br>to the Support page, <a href="https://amarok.kde.org/en/support " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amarok.kde.org/en/support </a>. Down at the<br>bottom is:<br><br> 4. E-Mail<br><br> Mailing lists are a way for large groups of people to keep in touch. You<br> can subscribe yourself to the Amarok mailing list (english-only). You<br> can post a message to all the list members, by sending an email to<br> <a href="mailto:amarok@kde.org." rel="nofollow" target="_blank">amarok@kde.org.</a> You do not need to be subscribed to post to this list.<br> Please do consider going through the archives of the mailing list as<br> your question might have been answered before. <br><br> You can also reach the above mailing list by using our contact page.<br> Note that your message will be delivered to a public mailing list. <br> If you are new to mailing lists or know very little of them, consider<br> going through the following introductory articles:<br><br> o Mailing List Etiquette<br> o How To Ask Questions The Smart Way<br> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br><br>The underlined article is via a hyperlink to<br><a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html </a>. The contents are<br>an essay I (Rick Moen) co-wrote with Eric S. Raymond. The subject of<br>the piece is how to effectively pose technical questions so your query <br>isn't either ignored or difficult to help.<br><br>Our essay isn't part of the Amorok KDE project, or any other software or<br>non-software project. And the top of the essay starts:<br><br> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way<br><br> Eric Steven Raymond<br> Thyrsus Enterprises<br> <<a href="mailto:esr@thyrsus.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">esr@thyrsus.com</a>><br> <br> Rick Moen<br> <<a href="mailto:respond-auto@linuxmafia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">respond-auto@linuxmafia.com</a>><br><br> Copyright © 2001,2006,2014 Eric S. Raymond, Rick Moen<br><br>So, you basically followed links to Eric's and my essay, completely<br>disregarded what it said, and wrote directly to me, one of the essay<br>co-authors, for personal help with a software project I've never even<br>heard of.<br><br>In short, you really, really, really need to address suggestions about<br>Amorok to the Amorok people.<br><br>Also, it really wouldn't hurt you to skim-read our essay.<br><br>Last, as a Linux user myself, I wish you would put a little more effort<br>into making Linux users look good. Thanks.<br><br>Best,<br>Rick M.<br><br>----- End forwarded message -----<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>conspire mailing list<br><a href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br><a href="http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire</a><br></div>
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