Re: English skolelinux users mailing list etc
Hi
There is already a norwegian web-forum for skolelinux [1]. This is not
used much, but I think real end-users would like such a forum. If you ask
Arnt Ove (CC-ed), I think he would love to set up an international forum
as well.
The problem is that many developers doesn't like web-forum as
communication channel, they prefer mailing lists. This could be solved by
letting the developers sign up in the forum and forward postings in
relevant forums to their personal mail.
We could also let all postings be forwarded to the mailing lists, if it is
not to much traffic.
Håvard
[1] http://www.skolelinux.no/webforums/skolelinux_no/
> 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...
>
> <<--cut-->>
>
>
> Regards to Dublin &
> hello to Belfield :)
>
> Ralf
>
>
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