From time to time,
There is confusion about what OS is being described in a Technical Help Forums post. As time goes on, it may also be unclear whether content is still relevant if no basic information is described in the thread.
My recommendation:
The following command should be executed on the machine and the results prepend the forum post, provides the following information:
- OS
- OS version
- Desktop
- Kernel
In fact, I don't know how capable this Forums software is, whether it's possible to insert an additional field under the "Title" field where a button can execute this command on the local machine and insert the results into this field. Would be very cool if possible. The field should be manually editable so the User has a choice whether to click the button (if posting from the subject machine) or manually paste the results if posting from a machine that's not the subject of the post.
If this can't be built into the "Post New Thread" editor, I'd still like to see this recommended in a sticky and by frequent posters.
If more basic information should be declared, can be appended.
Open to suggestion and comment.
TSU
There is confusion about what OS is being described in a Technical Help Forums post. As time goes on, it may also be unclear whether content is still relevant if no basic information is described in the thread.
My recommendation:
The following command should be executed on the machine and the results prepend the forum post, provides the following information:
- OS
- OS version
- Desktop
- Kernel
Code:
cat /etc/*release | grep PRETTY_NAME= && uname -a
If this can't be built into the "Post New Thread" editor, I'd still like to see this recommended in a sticky and by frequent posters.
If more basic information should be declared, can be appended.
Open to suggestion and comment.
TSU