--- "Ramnarayan.K" wrote:
> mailing lists are good esp for people like me who
> live of very narrow
> bandwidth (recently even 15 kbps) so its good to get
> the discussions
> directly - also while on a forum the choice of
> discussions is purely
> voluntary on mailing lists one has a better chance
>
> We have had enough discussions. Let whoever wants to host a forum of
> Ubuntu-In and whoever wants to participate in it let them do. And
> those who feel more comfortable with the Mailing List way of things
> (like me) will continue to do so. I do not want another login (and
> passwords to reme
On 9/30/07, Mir Nazim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think we are unnessasarily streching the topic. Pratul you cab go
> ahead and set up the forums at the hosting you already have and just
> look how much response you get, if response is good forums can stay
> and grow, otherwise you know what yo
--- Onkar Shinde wrote:
> Apart from that I would really like to see existing
> wiki grow in
> content, http://ubuntu-in.org/wiki/Documentation
+1
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interesting debate
nothing against forums really - they are useful - esp when in trouble and
google more often than not directs tech / software related discussions to
some forum discussion.
That said the distinct advantage of mailing lists is information is
delivered to ones doorstep (literally
On 9/30/07, Onkar Shinde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I have nothing against forums in general. What I don't understand is
> why searching a information source hosted at a server (forums) is
> preferred over searching the contents of your inbox (mailing list).
For a simple reason, not everyone
On 9/30/07, Lut4rp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hold on, I think we are not getting the point here... We need a forum to
> accompany the mailing lists, not to replace them! The forums will be an
> easier way to for people to get help, those who arent accustomed to lists.
Isn't GNU/Linux in general
On 9/30/07, Lut4rp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hold on, I think we are not getting the point here... We need a forum to
> accompany the mailing lists, not to replace them! The forums will be an
> easier way to for people to get help, those who arent accustomed to lists.
> And,
>
> - No, I am not
Hold on, I think we are not getting the point here... We need a forum to
accompany the mailing lists, not to replace them! The forums will be an
easier way to for people to get help, those who arent accustomed to lists.
And,
- No, I am not new to FOSS, but i still prefer forums to mailing lists
an
Hi,
My thoughts below:
- On 9/30/07, Lut4rp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| 1. I wanted a forum because of the primary ease in accessing them.
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It depends.
I can read e-mails from mailing lists when traveling, with mobile
phones. Not everyone is sitting behind a desktop on a
broadband/dial-
Hi, hi, hello people!
I'm sorry, the man in question, the one who started this whole debate, that
is ME (Pratul) hasn't yet participated in this discussion... ha ha! I did
write to the list but i hadn't yet been verified, so the mail bounced back.
So, i am writing this again...
I'm sorry i couldn
On 9/29/07, Ramnarayan. K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> so my two paisa [make that 2 rupees considering the value of the rupee is
> quite low there days ;) ]
Dollar is down these days, so we can say Rupee is gaining(what if it
is through a proxy ;) )
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Hi
Its really difficult to choose - forums tend to have a lot of answers and
are good places to search but its also a tedious affair getting messages
across
mailing lists are good esp for people like me who live of very narrow
bandwidth (recently even 15 kbps) so its good to get the discussions
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