I’ve tried to figure some of this stuff out but I really don’t know what I’m doing. Most documentation is written with a vocabulary I don’t understand. Tutorials assume a high-level understanding of coding, software, CLI and a bunch of other stuff.

So far I’ve got an old gaming PC with a R7 2700x + 2060 Super and I think maybe it’s overkill. I’ve got TrueNAS running on it but that’s about as far as I got…

Thinking maybe we can have an open Jitsi meeting and just anyone who needs help can get it (myself included 🙂)?

Would anyone be interested in something like that?

E: some people have imagined up some things that I said so let me be clear about what I did not say:

At no time did I insist, beg, or demand that anyone help me.

I did NOT ask anyone to help with a specific issue, nor should I be required to.

I asked if anyone would be willing to help myself and possibly others to get some services running, and I asked to do it in a videoconference setting where we can have a discussion and where you can see what I’m doing as I’m doing it, out of respect for both of our time.

If you are not interested, you do not need to come in here and announce it, and you sure as shit do not need to speak for anyone else on whether they will want to. Just keep scrolling.

E2: special thanks to those who actually reached out and offered to help!

  • DaGeek247@kbin.social
    5·
    1 year ago

    You said that you have an issue with some software (you did not even bother to specify which)

    Actually I did.

    You didn’t. You very specifically asked for someone to commit to helping you personally with nonspecific issues rather than asking for help from a general group for a specific issue (which would have been more likely to get help).

    posted what I’m trying to achieve

    I did.

    Maybe, but what youre trying to achieve isn’t getting a helpful answer for a specific question. You’re trying to get someone to commit to helping you for an unspecified amount of time with an unspecified amount of problems. CriticalMass is telling you that is a bad way of obtaining help for a problem anywhere except in school and a job classroom. This is neither of those.

    why I’m unable to do it so far

    Did that also.

    Maybe try reading more carefully before calling someone out for some bullshit.

    No, he read your post just fine. You just don’t like the answers you’re getting. Asking for help with a specific thing is exactly what these forums are for. Asking for help getting started is even okay. We love sharing a good tutorial for getting a new user started with a specific software.

    You aren’t doing any of those things. You’re asking for someone to spend hours of their time, in a call with you, to walk you through a process that has hundreds of online tutorials already out there. You’re also getting mad when people tell you that what you’re after is not what this discussion forum is for.

    Maybe try reading more carefully before calling someone out for some bullshit.

    • helenslunch@feddit.nlOPEnglish
      17·
      1 year ago

      You didn’t.

      I don’t know what to tell you. It’s in the OP. Literally everything you need to know is in the OP.

      You very specifically asked for someone to commit to helping you personally with nonspecific issues

      Yes, that’s correct. Because I don’t have a specific issue.

      CriticalMass is telling you that is a bad way of obtaining help for a problem anywhere except in school and a job classroom.

      I disagree. Seems like a great way to get help to me.

      We love sharing a good tutorial for getting a new user started with a specific software.

      And I clearly explained why those tutorials are not helpful. Wanna take a guess where? It’s in the OP.

      You just don’t like the answers you’re getting.

      Because they’re not the “answers” I asked for.

      You’re also getting mad when people tell you that what you’re after is not what this discussion forum is for.

      I’m getting agitated because people are being dicks just for asking a question. Who made you the arbiter of the intention of this forum?

      If you don’t want to help, just shut the fuck up, and move the fuck on. Not that hard.