Happy Holidays

[C M Reinehr]

On Fri 30 December 2011 12:38:40 pm J W wrote:
> On 2011-12-30, at 12:34 PM, Tony Alfrey <tonyalfrey at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Happy Holidays to all.
> > I think the list would be more active were it focused on a specific
> > distro and if the list had some /influence/ on the distro.  Both, I
> > think, are unlikely :-/
> > I think that it is not a coincidence that the list activity tracked the
> > demise of Caldera.
> 
> Seeing how most widely used programs already have their own active
> mailing lists, I wonder if Linux-Users would be able to help more
> people if we focused on smaller programs which don't have the
> following for their *own* mailing list. I see the same kind of thing
> happening with distros where they all seem to have their own mailing
> list which is likely to return a quicker more informed response than
> if they asked for help here. Not to say we (you) aren't well-informed,
> but rather that the program-specific mailing list may have more
> complete information.
> .
> I know when I have trouble, my order of operations is "google,
> stackexchange, program-specific mailing list, distro specific mailing
> list, and then the Linux unspecific mailing lists."
> Just thoughts in passing.

On a similar note, there are plenty of distributon specific mailing 
lists/forums and Googling will usually provide an answer if you have a 
distribution specific problem. But I value this list, as it is, because many, 
if not most, of my problems do not relate to my specific distribution and this 
list provides a small but very knowledgeable group of experts whom I can poll. 
Also, the lack of volume of this list is a blessing. I usually learn something 
from every thread, without being drowned by a deluge of postings.

Just my two cents worth.

cmr

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