A migration of the YDL lists to forums: 2004 08/03

[sloopy]

although i dont like the change from the ML to the Message Boards, i am
not changing distro's, tho i can understand why some would... the BBS
software they are useing (phpbb http://www.phpbb.com/ ) is one i have
left other places for using... i tried using it, but i dont like it...
it reminds me alot of OS X itself, too much fluff, and the sugar coating
isnt good for me, i am border-line diabetic ;')  this was why i have
gone to linux on just about all my machines. 

the format of a forum is significantly different then a mailing list,
where as a mailing list is more immediate (everything is local, and
therefore the speed of your machine) a web based forum isnt (everything
has to be loaded as read, and you must be online to read) also with
email someone is more likly to read responses to questions/posts not
related to their setup/problems and learn significant amounts of info...
on the forums this wont be done as much due to the extra 'work' and
'time' required to wait for the d/l... 

although there are many more reasons that a ML is better then forums, i
think you get the idea...

sloopy.


On Tue, 2004-08-03 at 18:27, Carl Potter wrote:
> You know, I have to say that this idea of the
> you-changed-something-and-now-I-don't-love-you-anymore stuff is just for
> kids, and I hope Kai doesn't read one bit into it.
> 
> Please don't pout and go to another distro .....just go quietly.
> 
> Or stay and respectfully make the case for keeping the ML.
> 
> Okay, back to work for me.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nathan r. hruby [mailto:nhruby@uga.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 5:11 PM
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Subject: Re: A migration of the YDL lists to forums: 2004 08/03
> 
> 
> On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, Olaf Olson wrote:
> 
> > Which choice is the lesser of two evils, leaving YDL or going with a 
> > distribution that has a mailing list, instead of forums?
> > 
> > I don't understand. 
> 
> Yes.  Because I will not look at a forum.  Not because I'm bigoted, but
> because I'm *busy* and don't have time to fool around with checking a
> forum every so often.  If I have a problem I like having the ability to
> email my peers and get info quickly on my desktop where and when I need
> it.  Without that perk, YDL looses a good deal of usefulness so switching
> to another distro is probably what's called for for me.
> 
> -n