[Comm-en] [JT] international community site

[Comm-en] [JT] international community site

[vadim]

From:           	community-en-request@altlinux.org
Subject:        	Community-en Digest, Vol 3, Issue 3
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Date sent:      	Thu,  7 Aug 2003 12:00:43 +0400 (MSD)

>  international community site   

Well, this WILL require to run the forum he... he...
Maybe then I will stop thinkin' about WTF I do use that distro (I mean ALT) for sooo long 
time... 

Well, I must explain myself.
 
I hate all the problems of different encodings in the mail messages, plus that everything is 
mixed in the mail... And receiving a lot of emails is not fun. My mailbox is limited in size. I 
don't like receiving a thousands of messages when I don't need them.  So I have 
unsubsribed from the russian community.

Folks, I am utmostly sure the thing  that annoys me in ALT Linux *most* - is the 
inexistence of Internet forum on it...  And this should be easily repairable - just set up the 
server... And install the IPB on it. Even me, a completely newbie managed to start up that 
server after a couple of weeks - now our Institute has that forum on the intranet site, 
running on my machine. Old Pentium-150, plus ALT Linux + Apache+ IPB... :)

Guys, why you don't even TRY to do it??? For a couple of months - to see if it will be 
good? Are you sure that I (and many other folks) won't pay, say, a buck or two a month to 
be able to post on it? Getting support on LRN forum is not fun, after all...
You need the moderators and you don't want to moderate? Well, I may try to do it.
You don't 'want to look the whole forum to see what's new? IPB does have the "New 
messages" filter.

Of course, mailing-lists are the habit, I know. But it's the hackers' habit, you know.  And 
you're selling (or are trying to sell) the distros for common users.  

//------------------------------------------------
WBR, A Linux newbie,
Vadim Alexeenko, Institute of Cytology RAS

Re: [Comm-en] [JT] international community site

[Michael Shigorin]

On Tue, Aug 12, 2003 at 06:42:08PM +0400, vadim@mail.cytspb.rssi.ru wrote:
> Folks, I am utmostly sure the thing  that annoys me in ALT
> Linux *most* - is the inexistence of Internet forum on it...
> And this should be easily repairable - just set up the

So go ahead and do it.  It _was_ discussed (along with newsgroup)
indeed.

> And install the IPB on it. Even me, a completely newbie managed
> to start up that server after a couple of weeks

It's not hard to "set smth up".  It's a bit harder to make it
*really* work -- not technically, but as a *resource*.

> Guys, why you don't even TRY to do it???

Because it sucks more.  Believe me or not, I manage several MLs
at linux.kiev.ua/lists.osdn.org.ua and we happen to have forums
here.  Forums are *much* more painstaking and happen to be more
"dummish" in that regard that rare person able to answer the
question will ever *see* it there.

PS: I believe you could try to help Alexey Lubimov (avl@altlinux)
with developing "public question" part of atmsk.ru forum.  And it
would be the best use for your energy I can imagine for now. :)

-- 
 ---- WBR, Michael Shigorin <mike@altlinux.ru>
  ------ Linux.Kiev http://www.linux.kiev.ua/