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Yes, however what oyu don't see is how many people DON'T do the forums for

assistance.  Meaning the people that use google first.  Personally I don't

like to sign up for a forum for minor things that should be documented

elsewhere.  A forum and/or mailing list is the last place as I prefer not to

sign up for more things I have to remember username and passwords for.

Things like OpenID may change this, but in general I agree having a strong

documentation and THEN forums or other communities seems a better choice to

me.
Not to say that the option doesn't already exist on linux-audio.org  Just

that when it comes to choosing what to spend time on, it should be

considered.  Personally ont he forum I moderate that is Linux related, I

find myself wishing more and more I had put the time forth to set up a

strong documentation web page of questions I frequently see there so that i

can point people to said documentation.  The key of course is strong and

well written, but it can then also point people where to go to learn more.
I hope that rambling was at least coherent.  It wasn't just me expressing

personal beliefs, but also trying to express a different point of view and

reasons for it.
       Seablade
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Ivica Ico Bukvic  wrote:
> > > You can make linuxaudio.org 'alive' when you put also a forum on the

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> > > site. When there's a active forum, more people will visit the site and

> > > more people will find the site, cause now it isn't very clear for

> > > newbies where to go...

> >

> > I don't do forums. They are clumsy and worthless things compared to the

> > sleek efficiency of mailing lists.

> >

> > When I'm a newbie, I don't look for forums - I look for wikis.

>

> While I appreciate your thoughts on this matter, the keyword here is "we"

> as

> in community, not "I" as in my personal tastes. In other words, while some

> (many?) of us may not care much for forums, others may, including

> newbies--see Ubuntu forums for instance.

>

> Lao site has addition of forums on the long-term roadmap, so I think

> having

> this as part of lao is something I would very much like to encourage.

>

> Best wishes,

>

> Ico

>

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Yes, however what oyu don't see is how many people DON'T do the forums for assistance.  Meaning the people that use google first.  Personally I don't like to sign up for a forum for minor things that should be documented elsewhere.  A forum and/or mailing list is the last place as I prefer not to sign up for more things I have to remember username and passwords for.  Things like OpenID may change this, but in general I agree having a strong documentation and THEN forums or other communities seems a better choice to me.

Not to say that the option doesn't already exist on linux-audio.org  Just that when it comes to choosing what to spend time on, it should be considered.  Personally ont he forum I moderate that is Linux related, I find myself wishing more and more I had put the time forth to set up a strong documentation web page of questions I frequently see there so that i can point people to said documentation.  The key of course is strong and well written, but it can then also point people where to go to learn more.

I hope that rambling was at least coherent.  It wasn't just me expressing personal beliefs, but also trying to express a different point of view and reasons for it.       Seablade

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Ivica Ico Bukvic <ico@vt.edu> wrote:

quoted text
> > You can make linuxaudio.org 'alive' when you put also a forum on the

> > site. When there's a active forum, more people will visit the site and

> > more people will find the site, cause now it isn't very clear for

> > newbies where to go...

>

> I don't do forums. They are clumsy and worthless things compared to the

> sleek efficiency of mailing lists.

>

> When I'm a newbie, I don't look for forums - I look for wikis.

While I appreciate your thoughts on this matter, the keyword here is "we" as

in community, not "I" as in my personal tastes. In other words, while some

(many?) of us may not care much for forums, others may, including

newbies--see Ubuntu forums for instance.
Lao site has addition of forums on the long-term roadmap, so I think having

this as part of lao is something I would very much like to encourage.
Best wishes,
Ico
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