Re: New web forum for linux on laptops: http://www.openlaptops.org
* Nico Golde <nico@ngolde.de> [2006-01-27 16:51:27 +0100]:
> OpenLaptops is a place for people to share experiences about their laptops, and
> help others with similar problems on similar laptops. It is to talk about new
> issues with power saving, and mobile gaming. It is here to supplement tuxmobil
> and other sites that give great articles and generic responses people have
> about laptops. It is just a place for discussion about laptops, not a place to
> read about them.
>
> To understand why we are doing this, it might be better to explain were it came
> from. My first laptop was an Asus M6N, great laptop, but not the greatest
> linux support when it came out (and still not all there). A guy from New York
> create a forum for people to share experiences about the Asus M6N, I was one of
> the first to extend the forum to the Asus M6Ne lines, and not it is for the
> entire M6* line of laptops. Well the original creator of the site had passed on
> the privileges when it got rid of his Asus and went with the another brand
> laptop. Over the course of the year, I have notice that we are getting new
> users, but we are also losing members as they are getting new laptops, with the
> lost members, you lose the knowledge they acquired about general configuration
> of linux on a laptop.
>
> Me and another member of m6n forum got together and decided move that board to
> a more generic forum, on that allows members to stay on the forum as the move
> from one laptop to the next. I know that my next laptop won't be another Asus,
> and I will still like a community to get support, and have it be from the
> people I already know and sort of trust, instead of a completely new forum,
> were I don't know who really knows what.
>
> We are coming here today to
> introduce to y'all the site, and hopefully get a few people that have some time
> on their hands to add another forum to their plethora of sites they visit in a
> day. Whether it is just to stop in and see what's going, or you have your on
> laptop, and just haven't been able to find help in certain topics for your
> laptop, or maybe become actively involved in helping others with their laptops.
>
> We hope to see a few of y'all in the board, and are welcome to ideas and
> suggestions.
>
> http://www.openlaptops.org
>
> Regards
> Nico
Thanks, Nico - I like it - Just registered.
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Regards, Dave
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