Re: debian-user split
Hi George!
Been awhile! Nice to see that you are still around and still providing
the wonderful, thoughtful and kind assistance that I remember from the
past!
As a "contrary" comment... IF newbie question could be directed to a
"newbie group" then I believe that the suggestion would be useful.
Many people that are new to debian yet have already gone through the
"initial stuff" (like learning the basics of dpkg and dselect) would
be more than happy to help those just starting (and thus reduce the
load on others).
The problem with the idea that I see is that I perceive that it is
unlikely that people that are new to Linux/Unix in general and debian
specifically will post to a "newbie" group and not to user.
I believe that one of the major problems in this area is that even
experienced Unix people might have problems deciding what is appropriate
to "newbie" and what is appropriate to "user". I believe that it is
easy for one to not realize that a problem has a "debian specific"
solution even after "a lot of debian experience".
Personally I would be delighted if such an arrangement would work out
as after subscribing to "user" again for only a couple of days I am
already considering unsubscribing due to the astonishing volume of
traffic!
On Mon, Jul 05, 1999 at 01:08:14PM -0700, George Bonser wrote:
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> This subject comes up every couple of months. The problem is that for a
> split to be useful, people would need to subscribe to both lists so
> splitting them accomplishes nothing.
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> If only newbies subscribe to debian-newbies, there are no experianced uses
> to help and it becomes a case of newbies leading newbies. It also slows
> their advancement from newbie status to advanced user because it would
> limit their exposure to advanced concepts and procedures.
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