On 8 Jul 2002 at 16:33, Sacha Chua wrote: > Then other people get annoyed because those people get annoyed. (Hence > the criticism that PLUG is not for newbies but rather for > administrators.)
It's for old farts like you and me. (To get this joke, people need to know how old a fart I am, and then how much older a fart Sacha is. ;) ) > It is easier for people who are "in the know" to shift rather than > expect everyone to instantly understand why there are several lists and > when it is appropriate to post a message to one list or another. Sacha, why didn't you think about this before? It makes perfect sense, and in hindsight could have been more effective than shoving the newbies off. > I think that we can merge ph-linux-newbie into plug, serving the > beginner to medium community better. This of course raises issues of migration that will be easier said than done. I wonder what the board and the technical staff of Q-Linux have to say. Aside from subscriptions, there are newbies' mail filters and archives to consider. > One list to post to, ... and in me-too's drown them all. > and by the time newbies figure out what they don't like about all of > those off-topic posts they're probably pretty comfortable with e-mail > and Linux. Perfect, perfect. It's really just the migration issue for the existing ph-linux-newbie list, IMHO. > Advanced discussions that don't fit into any of the already existing > mailing lists (like aforementioned debates on filesystems or package > management) can be consciously directed to a different mailing list. I > propose ph-linux-advanced because it's not just for administrators but > also for programmers and anyone with rather technical questions about > Linux. If anyone can think of a better name (serious, mind you! ;) )... > > I'm actually quite partial to ph-linux-geek. ;) I like linux-geek, too. Besides, our being "advanced" is contestable. Think linux-kernel and linux-xfs. Those are advanced. ;) > Then, of course, we'll have to see if our gracious hosts over at Q-Linux > are okay with the plan. Thanks again for hosting our mailing lists! Unless Q-Linux objects, I'm willing to host the linux-geek mailing list on free.net.ph. It seems specialized enough for us to handle. :) > What do you think? I agree! > (And _please_ no "I agree!" or "I disagree!" posts without carefully > considered reasons!) This seems to describe someone's "I agree" to a previous post of yours. Well, one list, soon ... :) --> Jijo -- Federico Sevilla III : <http://jijo.free.net.ph/> Network Administrator : The Leather Collection, Inc. GnuPG Key ID : 0x93B746BE _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
