Hi, lets stay with one channel on freenode for the time being: irc.freenode.net #lubuntu
The project is just getting started. @ Dave, it would be great if you would become more involved and could support the start up of things here. I am currently in Afghanistan supporting OLPC and Freifunk here. All the best, Mario On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Luther Goh Lu Feng <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > --- On Tue, 4/14/09, dave slaughter <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: dave slaughter <[email protected]> >> Subject: [Lubuntu-desktop] Hello world testing >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 2:28 AM >> Sorry Luther, >> I sent this to you instead of the right email adress. >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Luther Goh Lu Feng <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> I am not sure if there are any ladies in here... So good >> day Ladies and Gentlemen. >> >> >> >> As we get nearer to the Jaunty release, I thought that it >> will be a >> good move to start chit chatting a bit to see how we want >> this project >> to move. >> >> >> >> Anyway, I am currently contributing to http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXDE:Question, >> as I find that LXDE seems to lack a quality FAQ and newbie >> guide. Hence >> I am contributing to this in my limited free time, by >> looking at >> questions asked in the forum. >> >> >> >> >> I am also hoping to build a SG based LXDE team. So I am >> spreading the >> word by talking to students. I am involved with NUS Linux >> Users' Group >> (aka linuxNUS). >> >> >> >> I would also like to ask which irc channel /server we >> should use... and >> also whether we should advertise/recruit for Lubuntu in >> lxde forums and >> ubuntu forums. >> >> >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> >> Luther aka Lu Feng >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop >> >> Post to : [email protected] >> >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop >> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >> I think that using the #lxde irc >> channel is ok for shooting around ideas for LXDE itself, >> but maybe >> making and registering a #lubuntu irc channel would be good >> too, maybe >> use the same sever as Ubuntu uses for their irc channel, or >> even use irc.oftc.net, like the #lxde >> channel. >> >> >> As for advertising/recruiting, maybe. This is the reason, I >> am the >> dev for LinuxMint LXDE CE as well, and I have a ton ppl >> that ask me >> every day if they can be part of the team, alot them I have >> to answer >> question on the irc channel about basic Linux things, like >> how to >> install a theme, or how to change menu items in Gnome, >> while others are >> true Linux gurus, but weeding them out takes more time than >> colaborating with the main LinuxMint dev team itself, so >> while it is >> usefull for getting some true tallent, it can also cause >> issues if >> someone who knows "just enough" manages to get on >> the team, and then >> starts slowing things down with questions like "How do >> you make a >> window border theme for LXDE?" and that can take away >> from solving real >> issues like how do we fix the random menu dissapearing in >> the LXPanel >> 0.4. So it has its ups and its downs. I think being careful >> of who is >> let into the dev team is going to be very impotant in the >> comming times. >> >> >> Dave, aka, McLovin, aka, Slaughter5 >> >> -----Inline Attachment Follows----- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > AFAIK, #ubuntu on irc.ubuntu.com is the same as the one on #ubuntu at > irc.freenode.net. I would vote for having #lubuntu on freenode. If it is > useful, we could get #lubuntu-devel as well. Incidentally, I also notice that > a lot of people enter #lxde @freenode, but often then not, many people there > are not knowledgable enough to answer, or nobody responds due to the lack of > active people. So having a stronger presence on freenode could be beneficial > for LXDE. > > I don't have much experience in Open Source Projects like many here, but > would like to suggest that though we may need to be stringent about who gets > to do actual development, we should also ensure that there are channels (eg > documentation, faq) conducive to build up the less experienced contributors. > > I look forward to more inputs from the rest of the Lubuntu team. > > > Cheers, > > Luther aka Lu Feng aka elfgoh > > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
