Re: [plug] Desktop Linux Forum

[Carlo A. Subido]

I am interested to join.  There maybe some more out.  There's nothing wrong 
in setting up a new group.  A little brother of PLUG. Where the discussions 
are less technical than what we have here. If you can get this started, we 
can increase the number and invite those currently using windows (like me) 
to move to linux.

On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:50:06 -0000, Ricky Munoz 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Thank you Mr. Sevilla for your initiative on this.

My perception of desktop linux users may be off the mark, since I don't 
know enough about them yet, but can I assume that?

1. the majority probably access the internet using dial-up connections
2. are probably knowledgeable enough to set-up POP3 on an email client
At least the above describes me. I may be atypical.

In my case, an email based system may be preferrable. I for one would not 
like to tie up my telephone unecessarily which would be the case for a 
purely web based system. Neither would my wife, for obvious reasons :)

But, as I note, I may be atypical and a web-based forum would be far 
better than none.

I would also be happy to share knowledge and assist in manning the forum.

Ricky Munoz



Federico Sevilla III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 04:07:55PM +0800, Victor wrote:
> As of now I think the number is not big. In PLUG and ph-linux-newbie,
> it might just be me and Mr. Munoz who will be interested in such a
> forum.  But the number will grow in time, I believe.  Already, my
> customers are becoming more and more interested in Linux as a desktop
> OS.
There are at least a few who seem interested and willing to "man" the
forum. This leaves me with just one more question in mind:
> > 3. Will an email-based system be a proper venue? Or will the people
> > in (1) be more inclined towards using a web-based discussion board?
>
> I believe people will favor a web-based menu.
Will an email-based mailing list on lists.free.net.ph (with searchable
web-based archives but no way to post mail over the web on its own) make
sense? Or should we wait for someone to set up a purely web-based forum
instead?
Comments?

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