On 2010-09-08, J. Roeleveld wrote:
> One of the largest Linux distributions at the moment is Ubuntu.
> A quick check on their website doesn't show a News-server.
Instead, Ubuntites seem awfully fond of web-based "forums". Which I
think we can all agree are horrible abominations that make mailin
On 2010-09-08, J. Roeleveld wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 September 2010 02:27:16 Gregory Shearman wrote:
>> In linux.gentoo.user, you wrote:
>> >> I'm reading your message via a usenet server. linux.gentoo.user is the
>> >> newsgroup. Replies of course go via the mailing list address.
>> >
>> > Is th
Apparently, though unproven, at 20:52 on Tuesday 07 September 2010, Arttu V.
did opine thusly:
> On 9/7/10, Dale wrote:
> > And I bet if a bug / feature request were filed, it would be closed as
> > "ain't going to happen." I know that doesn't exist but they may make
> > that available for just
On 9/7/10, Dale wrote:
> And I bet if a bug / feature request were filed, it would be closed as
> "ain't going to happen." I know that doesn't exist but they may make
> that available for just this one purpose.
As a long-time user I'm sure you've met Mr. and Mrs. van de
Closed-Wontfix? Sometimes
Arttu V. wrote:
On 9/7/10, Alan McKinnon wrote:
We do not have a news service because we[1] do not feel we need one and do
not desire one.
I thought it's because this is the Gentoo *users'* list, not the dev list? :)
It doesn't matter whether we want it or not -- we users couldn't d
On 9/7/10, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> We do not have a news service because we[1] do not feel we need one and do
> not desire one.
I thought it's because this is the Gentoo *users'* list, not the dev list? :)
It doesn't matter whether we want it or not -- we users couldn't do
much about an Official
Hi Alan,
> You are self-confessed new to Linux and Volker already spotted by are likely
I am self-confessed new to Gentoo, but I use Linux for over 10 years
as my main OS. Still I don't have all the insight, what is going on
under the hood.
> new to Linux as well. You are not (yet) part of this
Apparently, though unproven, at 18:48 on Tuesday 07 September 2010, Al did
opine thusly:
> > I'm afraid you lost me there. Why does it matter where the archive is?
>
> Sure, it is most important to have an archive at all. When using a
> newsreader the minimun I do is to scan the headers of the
On Tue, 7 Sep 2010 16:29:48 + (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote:
> > However, my concern was why the Gentoo community doesn't make use of
> > those cool features and officially only advertises and keeps a
> > mailing list, that has no history itself for example and how this
> > approach influences an
>
> I'm afraid you lost me there. Why does it matter where the archive is?
>
Sure, it is most important to have an archive at all. When using a
newsreader the minimun I do is to scan the headers of the past, to
avoid the discussion of a solved question. That is faster then
openenig a webbrowser t
On 2010-09-07, Al wrote:
>> Do everyone a favor. Go use Gmane and tell us what exactly
>> you'd be able to do that Gmane does not already do.
>> It's archived, search-able (via keywords) and many, many
>> other very cool features.
>
> I do you favour and confirm that it is a very cool web interfa
On Tuesday 07 September 2010, Al wrote:
> > Al,
> >
> > Do everyone a favor. Go use Gmane and tell us what exactly
> > you'd be able to do that Gmane does not already do.
> > It's archived, search-able (via keywords) and many, many
> > other very cool features.
>
> I do you favour and confirm tha
On 9/7/10, Al wrote:
> However, my concern was why the Gentoo community doesn't make use of
> those cool features and officially only advertises and keeps a mailing
> list, that has no history itself
What do you mean by "no history"?
http://archives.gentoo.org/
--
Arttu V. -- Running Gentoo is
> Al,
>
> Do everyone a favor. Go use Gmane and tell us what exactly
> you'd be able to do that Gmane does not already do.
> It's archived, search-able (via keywords) and many, many
> other very cool features.
I do you favour and confirm that it is a very cool web interface to
newsgroups. It is es
Al googlemail.com> writes:
> But that is something different from having a dedicated news server
> for a technological project like news.gentoo.org. However that would
> make only sense, if it is fully synchronized with the existing lists.
> Else it would lead to an unnecessary split of the user
Alan McKinnon gmail.com> writes:
> We've been here a while and no-one has voiced a desire for a newsgroup.
> Therefore there isn't one.
@tampabay.rr.com (BrightHouse) I use:
isp5.newshosting.com
There is a news group called:
linux.gentoo.user
linux.gentoo.dev
(etc etc) they exist!
hth,
ccs.covici.com> writes:
> Isn't the list aggregated into that news site gmain or whatever its
http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user
It's quite a nice interface. The only limitation, is posting
large text files, like xorg.conf.
Or u can use usenet news for reading and no postin
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