Hi Gavin, seems like everybody sticked to your AMD vs. Intel question - hence belated comments on the topic :)
Am Mittwoch 28 Juli 2004 15:31 schrieb Gavin McCullagh: > Hi, > > I'm very new here so pardon my impertinence! > > Is there currently an English speaking Skolelinux (or I guess debian-edu) > Users (as opposed to developers) mailing list? If not, is there any > intention to start one? It appears that there probably is a Norwegian one > but an English one would broaden the field somewhat. You are right that there is no specific users list in English - AFAIK that is. We had similar discussions on German users list - which was created as users list from the very beginning. Still, mere front end users keep complaining about too much technical contents... > The reason I ask is I'm hoping in the next few weeks to start a test in > order to help my old school set up a Skolelinux network here in Dublin. > The main teacher involved is extremely smart but not that experienced with > linux. It would be very helpful for him to have a User Group (as opposed > to a Developers Group) which would answer questions, give pointers, discuss > issues etc. If the community of natively English speaking users increases, having a separate users list could be a good thing. On the other hand there are two contradicting issues: * splitting up this list could increase the loss by friction * real front end users are not too familiar with mailing lists - a web forum possible rather matches their needs > > Personally, I would sign up for both lists but I would prefer not to > ask/answeruser or basic admin questions on the Dev group and I think the > technical level of discussion would be a bit off-putting to a teacher who > is relatively new to linux. > > Presumably the point of Skolelinux is that teachers and school students are > the main target. Perhaps a forum for them to discuss their issues and ask > questions is important? Are you referring to the suggested users list, here? Or would you install a web forum for this task? > At the moment I have a few questions which I would prefer to put to a Users > list, eg Well, your questions were examples, but alas distracted people from the original subject. However, this indicates that people on this list are the most competent to answer users' problems... <<--cut-->> Regards to Dublin & hello to Belfield :) Ralf
