From a908fa98a3084c805c54b42389b125c7c9a63a96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robby Workman <rworkman@slackware.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 18:56:14 -0500
Subject: index.html: clarify common naming misconceptions

  * re -current vs -stable
  * re slackpkg vs slackpkg+
---
 index.html | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'index.html')

diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 0304e64..a3d53d8 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
             likely to receive quality assistance if they heed the following 
             suggestions:
             <br /> <br />
-            <ol>
+            <ul>
                 <li>When asking a question, be prepared to show evidence that 
                     you've researched it on your own. We like to help, but we 
                     don't want to do it for you.
@@ -108,7 +108,32 @@
                     Linux system interact in addition to solving your problem.
                     <br /> <br />
                 </li>
-            </ol>
+                <li>Be sure to specify what version of Slackware you're running
+		    along with any local customizations you've done. It's also
+		    useful to know if the problem is new, i.e. did this work
+		    before? If so, what's changed since then?
+                    <br /> <br />
+		    <ul>
+		        <li>Slackware -current is <strong>NOT</strong> the 
+			    same thing as the latest stable release, e.g. 
+			    14.2.  Along the same lines, there is no such 
+			    thing as "Slackware 14.2 -current" or "Slackware 
+			    ## -current"; either you're running a stable 
+			    release plus patches or you're running -current, 
+			    unless of course you're running some FrankenSlack, 
+			    in which case you're on your own.
+			    <br /> <br />
+			 </li>
+			 <li><tt>slackpkg</tt> and <tt>slackpkg+</tt> are 
+			     <strong>NOT</strong> the same thing. Make sure
+			     you mention which one you're using if you're 
+			     having problems with "slackpkg" and you're 
+			     actually using <tt>slackpkg+</tt>.
+			     <br /> <br />
+			 </li>
+		    </ul>
+                </li>
+            </ul>
         </li>
         <li><tt>##slackware</tt> exists for Slackers to share their knowledge about 
             Slackware Linux and topics related to Slackware (e.g. system 
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