[ubuntu-in] mailing Lists or Discussion Forums (was Ubuntu India Forum - )

[Lut4rp]

Hold on, I think we are not getting the point here... We need a forum to
accompany the mailing lists, not to replace them! The forums will be an
easier way to for people to get help, those who arent accustomed to lists.
And,

- No, I am not new to FOSS, but i still prefer forums to mailing lists
anyday.
- The already existing linux forums pertain to linux in-general. We, on the
other hand need Ubuntu-specific forums.
- We have proof to the mutual co-existence of forums, mailing lists and the
IRC channel in the International listing of LoCo teams.

Any other points?

-Pratul


On 9/30/07, Shakthi Kannan < shakthimaan at gmail.com> wrote:

> My thoughts below:
>
> ----- On 9/30/07, Lut4rp < lut4rp at techjugaad.com> wrote:
> | 1. I wanted a forum because of the primary ease in accessing them.
> \--
>
> It depends.
>
> I can read e-mails from mailing lists when traveling, with mobile
> phones. Not everyone is sitting behind a desktop on a
> broadband/dial-up connection to read forums. Forums are intuitive, and
> more customer-oriented. Developers, in general, prefer mailing lists.
>
> -----
> | our main goals in this community is to spread the use of FOSS like
> Ubuntu. I
> | suggest somehow replacing/modifying the lists with the forum.
> \--
>
> Each tool is useful in one way or another.
>
> You have to use the right tool for the right tasks, with the right
> people, at the right time ... (1)
>
> -----
> | I dont think a
> | maiing list is that suitable for a country like India where people are
> still
> | new to FOSS.
> \--
>
> Are you new to FOSS? :)
>
> -----
> | 2. The wiki is not a very good source of India-specific Ubuntu info. It
> does
> | need to be updated. The IRC channel is way too unfamiliar to people in
> | India.
> \--
>
> Need to learn to get used to the FOSS culture. Also see (1).
>
> -----
> | answer them "Goto the wiki, Join the mailing list!". Every time, its the
> | same reply, "mailing list? forum nahi hai? XP ka vo forum hai na,
> | xxxxxx.com, vaisa?"
> \--
>
> There are many forums like linuxquestions.org, linuxforum.com where
> people also participate. Nobody said you shouldn't ask Ubuntu
> questions there :)
>
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#before<http://www.catb.org/%7Eesr/faqs/smart-questions.html#before>
>
> -----
> |  6. Taking the ubuntuforums.org example, they arent India-specific, they
> are
> | monstrously huge,
> \--
>
> Welcome to the huge FOSS community.
>
> This mailing list is India specific, and does not have heavy traffic.
>
> Please don't top-post, and use plain text when writing e-mails, in future.
>
> SK
>
> --
> Shakthi Kannan
> http://www.shakthimaan.com
>
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