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Well Done and thanks Bronze

What we have observed over here  is that most Noobs
just find  it  a pain and too much hassle to
use  some of the canonicle  interfaces   being very new

Thus  imo the Ubuntu and linux community in general  chase off in
part
a valuable resource /user pool .

Many are  so used to  gmail and groups
some ISP have ditched usenet News groups altogther
and  thus many    stay with  this type of forum .

Additionally I must say  the silence was deafening from
Oz ubuntu   source forge   area when attempting to join

Here was able to join the Gmail group far more easily
(this is no crticism of the hard working busy members from the oz
source forge clan)

Thus your Idea gets my vote  and a Few Dollars  if you need them
and could almost guarantee  over 20 folks day one

Re fragmenting the communities   I dont think so
IMO the noobs would grow  into the better and traditional communities
via what you propose and through here  in an Australian way .

Take West oz  Tas and NT    ACT  representation   -- I do not see
much on the  source forge area from them .
As one new Ubuntu user well over 18 months now since I gave him a disc
and set him up remarked this morning

Some of the Ubuntu folks just talk a bit too geeky for me  and no
locals.
Another indicator is  how many whirlpool folks  after a bit of whim
contact  after ahelpful post
or offer to send solution script disk via whim or private email
would enjoy and use what you propose (IMO)

Thus like chicken soup   -it cant hurt .
I add my how can I help offer  to your plan

That way Linux and Ubuntu in particular benefits  as have many remote
and city folks   because an individual got of thier tail and just went
for it .



On Oct 10, 7:23 pm, The Bronze <braddan... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Opinions please.
>
> I create websites as a past time. Some for businesses. Some for
> community groups. I think this qualifies as the later and have been
> wondering how I can give back to the Ubuntu (and edubuntu) / Linux
> community in general.
>
> What do people think about me hosting and administering a Linux /
> Ubuntu forum for Australian members. I don't know about you but I'm
> not a fan of the whole email / thread thing. It makes a terrible
> archive of information and I generally find the content hard to follow
> compared to the structure of a bulletin board / forum.
>
> Just want to make sure that I'm not going to create something that may
> already exist somewhere (I haven't found it) and that generally people
> may use as an alternative to threaded mails.
>
> I read an email tonight that if you want to do something just go ahead
> and do it. Well I'm happy to but what do other people think before I
> do?
>
> Regards,
>
> Bronze.
>
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