On Friday, 21 August 2020 at 01:21:11 UTC+8 [email protected] wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > Dear Qubes community, > > We're pleased to announce the launch of a new forum for Qubes OS users: > > https://qubes-os.discourse.group > > This is an official user forum where you can ask questions, get help, > share tips and experiences, and more! For a long time, members of our > community have sought a privacy-respecting forum experience with modern > features that traditional mailing lists do not support. The open-source > Discourse [1] platform fills this need for us, as it does for many other > open-source projects. Thanks to their generous free hosting for open > source projects [2], we're pleased to be able to create this space for > our community. > > > Why create a forum now? > ======================= > > Previously, the only option for a forum-like experience was to interact > with our mailing lists via Google Groups, but we understand all too well > that the privacy implications and user experience were unacceptable for > many members of our community, especially with the recent addition of a > sign-in requirement to view threads. Many of you value the lower barrier > to entry, organization, ease-of-use, and modern social features that > today's forums support. Moreover, Discourse features email integration > for those who still prefer the traditional mailing list format. > > > How is this different from our mailing lists? > ============================================= > > To be clear, this is *not* a replacement for our mailing lists [3] (such > as qubes-users and qubes-devel), which will continue on as they are. > This new forum is simply an *additional* place for discussion. Certain > types of discussions naturally lend themselves more to mailing lists or > to forums, and different types of users prefer different venues. We've > heard from some users who find the mailing lists to be a bit > intimidating or who may feel that their message isn't important enough > to merit creating a new email that lands in thousands of inboxes. Others > want more selective control over topic notifications. Some users simply > appreciate the ability to add a "reaction" to a message instead of > having to add an entirely new reply. Whatever your reasons, it's up to > you to decide where and how you want to join the conversation. > > > Will this split the community? > ============================== > > Many open-source projects (such as Fedora and Debian) have both mailing > lists and forums (and additional discussion venues). In fact, Qubes > already has non-mailing-list discussion venues such as IRC [4] and > Reddit [5]. We believe that this additional venue will foster the > continued growth of community participation and improve everyone's > experience. In addition, we fully expect that many community members -- > especially the most active ones -- will choose to participate in both > venues. (Again, for those who still prefer interacting via email, > Discourse supports that too!) > > - ----- > > Special thanks to Michael Carbone for spearheading the creation of this > forum and to deeplow who, as our first forum administrator, has done > much of the legwork to help get it looking good and working well! > > > [1] https://www.discourse.org/ > [2] https://blog.discourse.org/2018/11/free-hosting-for-open-source-v2/ > [3] https://www.qubes-os.org/support/ > [4] https://www.qubes-os.org/support/#unofficial-chat-channels > [5] https://www.reddit.com/r/Qubes/ > > This announcement is also available on the Qubes website: > > https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2020/08/20/new-community-forum-for-qubes-os-users/ > > > - -- > Andrew David Wong (Axon) > Community Manager, Qubes OS > https://www.qubes-os.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEZQ7rCYX0j3henGH1203TvDlQMDAFAl8+sPQACgkQ203TvDlQ > MDDYTxAApehnwrpqFCoadx3Cmcu2llDOYbV5CuCjQFj7aMwGg2Gq3TWuugiXFjQ1 > z6uW+asPIEvCu4XxP5K9FfVYiSF1bqLTEGomib0npapNMM1ZbULUoSU2EoACz8OS > BpYxgrcX1YyN8/3qQ2N2a3yRe+c0XBD72CJQ2sPu/U+xaTRKZgW6saI5Y/jpwxb7 > WKQR0Mc9Y2vP6GRNb5ICcCNelS9fUiBJPaGQBJX7XRyAcW1y0hvF6dBZpdG70TDF > DN0ddhSbYQnv0aHjNnU5ajU81PZWpr5ZqK8ObZwlU/Br8ZznNlApf2ATk73x/5up > eMhwGqDMebJPKaIUPUEKb1FWdObKtW9TvRxhb+yybDkI4Gtfj0fIO5SfJrJ5Ud94 > Vyt4TJfqyI4RmCpKfv3QXM3DnjKbjD0yAThVVnphqD9s+NIVSVi7K0LWGxLcX6TS > vCTouzWkPCrNxMylCf8M4v3V4uUJ9b8AQA3iF/v+a2tKzPveK4+mOF590918YGYE > CxwlrOKzb0Ecpl/LzdcrX+jq4j+Zj+B0evLc3ZbaTp+Bfr6gihOnocL/1YjHwGPU > 6PSJ4lYHzZzZotPaaJ1tmZtSGIkK2d7mmJBPDCSG2gSMS0QL474ObfKjAvolQ9ph > ZKMhEME8YbHje+X/nyxTcgO4GAoLyuPeYuDIkjmXzD0hGYFnKYA= > =ngAL > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
Thanks for acting so quickly. I'll be on Discourse as 'fiftyfourthparallel' -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/c82a1298-bc1e-4d60-bea3-d2921f86ec81n%40googlegroups.com.
