Section I - General Rules
[1] Respect the Forum Staff
EZLinux User Guides
IRC Support Information
[1] Search Before Posting
[1] Respect the Forum Staff
- All of the forum staff are volunteers and offer their free time to keep the forum running smoothly. Any decision made by an administrator or moderator is final and should be respected.
- Do not argue with Staff directly in a topic; if you wish to discuss an issue, contact through e-mail or PM (Private Message).
- This includes usernames, signatures, avatars, PMs, and posts.
- Any offensive material, such as swear words or derogatory terms, is prohibited. Hate speech, as defined as an attack on religion, race, nationality, sexual orientation, or any other self-identifiable group, is not tolerated.
- Adult content, including obscenity, pornography and erotic material are not allowed
- Censoring a swear word by substituting a letter with an asterisk symbol "*", or using acronyms that contain a swear word is considered swearing.
- Messages that personally attack or call people names is considered abuse. These are sometimes referred to as "flame" posts.
- Messages that contain sensitive religious or political topics may be removed on the basis of inciting far too emotional and personal debate.
- This includes posts, in a signature, or with the personal website field.
- Spammer accounts will be deleted. SPAM accounts are made "for the sole purpose of providing information about and/or links to commercial websites or other advertisements".
- Do not use Mint Forums to blatantly promote other projects
- Do not respond to spam, simply report it and allow it to be dealt with.
- Exception: EZLinux's partners may link to their websites in their signatures and/or profiles.
- Any requests for help pertaining to illicit computer activities is prohibited and will not be supported (i.e., piracy, malicious hacking). Requesting, distributing, or linking illegal material is forbidden.
- Trolling consists of messages that contain an apparent foolish contradiction of common knowledge, being deliberately sarcastic to the user(s) of the forum, or a broad request for trivial follow-up messages. It serves no purpose other than the enjoyment of the troll.
- Suggesting commands that could harm or destroy another user's system, even in jest, is strictly off-limits.
EZLinux User Guides
IRC Support Information
[1] Search Before Posting
- Search the EZ Linux forums and Google for questions before posting.
- As the forum search function is very limited, you should consider searching the Linux Mint forum site with Google, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo or your favorite search engine by entering site: forums.ezlinux.net
- with your search query.
- Do not add new questions to existing topics, start your own instead! This will make it easier for other members to provide support. This includes hijacking, do not ask unrelated questions in a user's existing support topic.
- Do not resurrect support topics older than 6 months, outdated information can cause issues with newer releases.
- Posting to specific sections can make it easier for others to provide assistance and for future searches. For example, if you are having a specific software issue, post to "Software and Applications" section instead of "Newbie Questions".
- Use a title that is specific. Do not use titles such as, "HELP ME!!!" or "ezlinux fails". Instead, make titles that define the problem in a clear and concise manner such as, "Kernel Panic: Wifi Intel 3945AGN". A clear title will attract more views to the topic.
- Include the version and architecture (32-bit, 64-bit) of Linux Mint.
- List any relevant hardware or software specifications. 'inxi' is a useful terminal command for listing this. Use inxi -h for help. Generally it suffices to type the following in terminal and include the output in your post -> inxi -Fxxxrz
- List what Display Environment you are using if relevant (GNOME, KDE, XFCE, LXDE, etc).
- If you have output errors, list them in their entirety.
- When posting output of commands use the "Code" tags if it is more than 2 or 3 lines long - this makes it more readable
- If your EZlinux installation isn't in English, prefix any commands that you want to share output of with LC_ALL=C. That forces output to be English. For example instead of running the command "make", you'd run the command "LC_ALL=C make".
- Use of bold and italic can help convey meaning in a post - but use them sparingly and with cause.
- Please don't use colored text
- Refrain from using <CAPS> lock on posts - it gives one the impression the user is screaming.
- Avoid jargon and slang, speak in plain language.
- Please don't use excessive punctuation - one "?" or "!" is always enough
- Images may help explain something more clearly or indicate a problem you are experiencing better - but use them sparingly and with cause.