[ubuntu-uk] Is this a general help list?

[Alan Pope]

On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 10:05:47AM +0100, Stephen Garton wrote:
> > On 10/05/07, John Watson <borat at ez25.org.uk> wrote:
> > > Is this the right place to ask general Ubuntu help questions, or is it
> > > for general chat and discussion only?
> 
> Well according to https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk
> the list "For organising Ubuntu stuff in the UK. "
> 
> :)
> 

FWIW I completely agree with this. This list has such a small reach compared 
with the other support tools that you have suggested that it provides a 
lower standard of service in my opinion. Questions get answered better and 
more comprehensively elsewhere. 

> I however, tend to use this list in my imaginary hierachy of help:
> 1) This List
> 2) #Ubuntu-uk on IRC
> 3) https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/
> 4) https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/
> 5) as 2) + 'ping popey' ;)
> 

Heh. Don't forget the other things:-

http://wiki.ubuntu.com/
http://google.com/ 

:)

> This is just how I tend to do things, and 5 is just me being cheeky! I
> know I should try #ubuntu aswell, but in my experience it is too
> 'busy' to get anything meaningful done.
> 

There is also http://qunu.com/ :)

Which (as I understand from a conversation with kiko [launchpad developer]) 
has functionality that will soon be integrated into launchpad. So you can 
get one-to-one support rather than the many-to-one melee that #ubuntu can 
be.

Cheers,
Al.