[clug] New list?

[Jim Croft]

It would be a pity to fork the list and the suggestion of sticking to
well defined threads (ironed or otherwise) may be a good compromise.

I am on this list as an ardent user of Linux for daily computing and
communication and I'm continually surprised at what it can do and how
well it can work.  Although, it must be said, I get harangued by
diehard purists that Ubuntu is not really Linux and it is has been so
productized by the big end of town that I might as well be using
Window$ or that Apple thingy. OK, I accept that - I am 'just a mug
user'...

Nevertheless, I like the product, I like the philosophy and I like the
potential and I look to CLUG to learn new 'stuff' and extend my
knowledge of the operating environment and what you can do with it.  A
lot of the technical and programmatic stuff is beyond me, but I value
the hints and command line fu that shows what is going on and what can
be done beyond the GUI.  And surely, once Linux has become productized
and lamestream, isn't that the indicator that as an OS it has arrived?

Like any other list,  I skim over what I regard as crap and revel in
the gold... but, my crap is quite likely another person's gold... (ok,
that did not come out quite the way I intended...;)

jim

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Andrew Boyd <facibus at gmail.com> wrote:
> Eyal,
>
> I read the original thread with much interest, and agree entirely that there could well be a separate technical discussion list.
>
> In extending Lana's point, and in responding to Jim, I was just being a dick. Hope this makes sense now.
>
> Best regards, Andrew
>
> Andrew Boyd facibus at gmail.com
> http://uxbookclub.org -- connect, read, discuss
>
>
> On 20/08/2010, at 9:42 AM, Eyal Lebedinsky <eyal at eyal.emu.id.au> wrote:
>
>> Maybe some responders joined late and missed the issue here.
>>
>> The original suggestion was to split off a technical discussion list.
>> I suggested that we simply keep technical threads on-subject and split
>> a new thread if we want to go off topic. This way people can manage
>> which threads they want to participate in.
>>
>> As such, a technical discussion about a TV tuner is not the place for
>> a discussion of women's role in FOSS. However such a thread in welcome
>> (by some) on the list.
>>
>> In short, there was no suggestion that the technical and social aspects
>> of (FOSS) ironing is not a valid, valuable discussion item on the list.
>>
>> cheers
>>    Eyal

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