I think you guys made some really good points I never thought of earlier. Although Ubuntu's forums are very large and sometimes overwhelming, they do a great job of dealing with a great amount of essential troubleshooting questions. Considering Ubuntu Studio is an official derivative of Ubuntu, I think asking them to reorganize the multimedia section of their forums to tailor to us shouldn't be too much to ask for.
-Luis On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 3:41 AM, Eric Hedekar <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Jussi Schultink <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 5:38 AM, Louie Queral <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Honestly, I feel like the addition of an official Ubuntu Studio forum >>> (preferably separate from the messiness of the ubuntu forums) would be the >>> most efficient way to encourage involvement. The wiki's are great ways to >>> display user contributed artwork and such, but in my opinion, it acts as >>> more of a gallery rather than a station for discussion and further >>> development. >>> >>> Forums are quick to set up, free, and easy to maintain. I can see our >>> forum separated into different categories such as Development, Bugs, >>> Troubleshooting etc. However, in regards to art, the forum should be divided >>> into several subforums: >>> >>> -Logo Design >>> -Theme/Icon Design >>> -Website Design/Improvements >>> >>> Moderators will also stick threads that they feel are becoming popular, >>> or increasingly productive. This kind of structure will allow artists to not >>> only upload their work quickly and effectively, but also pass their work >>> through a medium that offers a community of critics. >>> >>> Forgive me if I sound intrusive, but I envision the future of Ubuntu >>> Studio as being a well-respected linux distro focused on multimedia >>> creation. A distro that offers artists, musicians, animators, and directors >>> the chance to create their work on an open-source platform that is stable, >>> efficient, graphically appealing, and simple. We really have a chance here >>> to continue developing something magnificent, and in order to do so, we need >>> a more tightly knit community. >>> >>> I agree forums are all that, but as an officially recognised derivative >> of Ubuntu, we need to make use of officially sanctioned areas. this isnt to >> say we cannot have our own, but that if possible, we should work with >> existing facilities. Second, by utilising the part of Ubuntu forums we have >> been given, we gain access to a lot more viewers, and thus a lot more >> possible contributors. If a decision is made that we need more room in the >> forums, or a different structure, I am well familiar with the members of >> the forums council and can do the necessary liason work to make it happen. >> >> If you have time, please join our IRC channel and feel free to have a chat >> to us in realtime about it there. >> >> > Jussi, I personally greatly agree with your take on forums. Maintaining > our own seems silly at best - we would also need to deal with errors of > general ubuntu, beginners, etc... in our own forum and there are some > excellent users within the Multimedia Production section. I do think that > we could use a different category/organization on ubuntuforums.org as > "Multimedia Production" has very little branding of our project. In my > mind, the question is: What forum sections should we ask for? > > My personal opinion on that question is that "Ubuntu Studio" should become > a section similar to the "Development and Programming" section. Within > that, there should be a sections on Audio, Video, Graphic Design, and > Gallery. > > It would be great if we could integrate the look of our forum sections with > our website, but I'm not sure how practical that is. > > -Eric Hedekar > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel > >
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