Luffy@lemmy.ml to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 9 hours agoThis happened to me at least 3 times.lemmy.mlimagemessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1466file-text
arrow-up1466imageThis happened to me at least 3 times.lemmy.mlLuffy@lemmy.ml to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 9 hours agomessage-square68fedilinkfile-text
And somehow every single time the problem was so easy to solve, but apparently crying about it is the better solution.
minus-squareYaDownWitCPP@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·6 hours agoI’ve been in the comments section once or twice. The solution was “RTFM.”
minus-squareEndymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·43 minutes agoTFM isn’t worth the R. It doesn’t describe failure states or bugs in a way that a normal user understands or can work with. Either it works perfectly, or there’s basically no way to figure out exactly what went wrong and how.
minus-squareMadMadBunny@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up21·edit-26 hours agoThe good old ways. I miss them. Nowadays, it’s more “User Manual? You mean the Manufacturer’s Opinion?”
minus-squareteft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 hours agoRTFM in this case means: Read the fucking man-page
minus-square/home/pineapplelover@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 hours agoSometimes I get confused with man pages and have to go on other sites with different explanations and examples. Maybe that’s just me
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 hours agoNo, that’s the state of documentation on Linux. In OpenBSD, bad or lacking documentation is treated as a release-critical bug in the package.
I’ve been in the comments section once or twice. The solution was “RTFM.”
TFM isn’t worth the R. It doesn’t describe failure states or bugs in a way that a normal user understands or can work with. Either it works perfectly, or there’s basically no way to figure out exactly what went wrong and how.
The good old ways. I miss them.
Nowadays, it’s more “User Manual? You mean the Manufacturer’s Opinion?”
RTFM in this case means: Read the fucking man-page
Sometimes I get confused with man pages and have to go on other sites with different explanations and examples. Maybe that’s just me
No, that’s the state of documentation on Linux.
In OpenBSD, bad or lacking documentation is treated as a release-critical bug in the package.