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This sort of passive-aggressive "help" feels like a relic of the early 2010s we could do without.
OP probably wasn't aware it was an SDDM issue. Or even what SDDM is, hence the question.
You're not their teacher. It's not your job to decide how much effort they've put forth, or to grade whether or not that is sufficient.
And if they documented their research process, you'd say "tldr just ask the question." Stop trying to be paternalistic and gatekeepy. Just answer or don't.
That's totally the biggest problem with the internet. And definitely deploying self-important moderaptors is the way to fix it.
/s, of course. Get off your high horse.
The archives! Why won't anyone think of the archives!?
If we have room for comments like yours in the archives then we have room for legitimate questions by beginners in there too. Your post history shows a significant amount of deleted comments and downvotes. I bet they were all very productive and helpful comments for the archives, right?
We aren't Ubuntu here. As far as I'm concerned OP's question was just fine.
The goal of Ubuntu's help forum is to solve users' problems efficiently and effectively. That goal is better achieved if questions are posed in certain optimal ways.
The goal of Lemmy is for people to have discussions (like this one! ;). That goal is not better achieved with well posed questions.