Re: English skolelinux users mailing list etc

[Ralf Gesel|ensetter <rgx@gmx.de>]

Hi Gavin,

seems like everybody sticked to your AMD vs. Intel question - hence belated 
comments on the topic :)

Am Mittwoch 28 Juli 2004 15:31 schrieb Gavin McCullagh:
> Hi,
>
> I'm very new here so pardon my impertinence!
>
> Is there currently an English speaking Skolelinux (or I guess debian-edu)
> Users (as opposed to developers) mailing list?  If not, is there any
> intention to start one?  It appears that there probably is a Norwegian one
> but an English one would broaden the field somewhat.

You are right that there is no specific users list in English - AFAIK that is. 
We had similar discussions on German users list - which was created as users 
list from the very beginning. Still, mere front end users keep complaining 
about too much technical contents...


> The reason I ask is I'm hoping in the next few weeks to start a test in
> order to help my old school set up a Skolelinux network here in Dublin.
> The main teacher involved is extremely smart but not that experienced with
> linux.  It would be very helpful for him to have a User Group (as opposed
> to a Developers Group) which would answer questions, give pointers, discuss
> issues etc.

If the community of natively English speaking users increases, having a 
separate users list could be a good thing. On the other hand there are two 
contradicting issues:

* splitting up this list could increase the loss by friction
* real front end users are not too familiar with mailing lists - a web forum 
possible rather matches their needs
>
> Personally, I would sign up for both lists but I would prefer not to
> ask/answeruser or basic admin questions on the Dev group and I think the
> technical level of discussion would be a bit off-putting to a teacher who
> is relatively new to linux.
>
> Presumably the point of Skolelinux is that teachers and school students are
> the main target.  Perhaps a forum for them to discuss their issues and ask
> questions is important?

Are you referring to the suggested users list, here? Or would you install a 
web forum for this task?

> At the moment I have a few questions which I would prefer to put to a Users
> list, eg

Well, your questions were examples, but alas distracted people from the 
original subject. However, this indicates that people on this list are the 
most competent to answer users' problems...

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Regards to Dublin &
hello to Belfield :)

Ralf