On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 09:29:54PM +1200, JJ :: MixingSoup.com wrote: > I quite understand, and I mustn't have made myself clear enough, the > mailing list is the best asset for this area, I just thought that you could > help a greater amount of people, as well as have a bigger web community if > you introduced somewhere where users could meet online as a community, If > you don't think that it is useable then so be it.
You might be interested in seeing what irc has to offer. I use undernet, and it has the channels #nzlinux and #linux. #linux I find especially interesting and useful as they don't spoonfeed, they really do encourage you to learn sound diagnostic procedures, and reporting bugs in detail. #nzlinux is friendlier but much quieter. Other networks may be even better, theres a whole network devoted to the open source community irc.openprojects.net, I don't know what its like. irc has been invaluable for that quick emergency question. And of course theres newsgroups, which used to be good, but now theres just too much spam and too many people asking questions and not enough people answering them.
