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<p id="reply-intro">On 11/06/2022 23:07, Russell Coker via linux-aus wrote:</p>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">On Saturday, 11 June 2022 10:13:51 AEST Ashley via linux-aus wrote:
<blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0">I, for one, am gratified to see some discussion that is Linux related on<br />any Linux list. We seem to have become quite silent since the original<br />list split into many lists.<br /><br />I used to love reading the discussions on the SLUG list in the early<br />days (1996- ...). The enthusiasm demonstrated then was infectious. I</blockquote>
<br />Given that most LUG mailing lists are dead or close to dead I think it makes <br />sense to have a list of larger scope for technical discussion. The Flounder <br />list is appropriate for such things (we got 2 new members when I last <br />mentioned it) but this list has the people.<br /><br />I propose that every web page for every LUG in Australia have a pointer to <br />this list instead of their own list.<br /><br />On Saturday, 11 June 2022 12:31:06 AEST Info via linux-aus wrote:
<blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0">I find issues on a mailing list too hard to follow. When there is more<br />activity, each item for a an issue is buried. Issues are better in an<br />online forum where you can see all the entries for an issue in one page. At<br />most, the mailing list should announce the creation of an issue. We could<br />then subscribe or not to each issue in the forum.</blockquote>
<br />We could have a forum. Last I heard the LA council was opposed to running a <br />forum, but we could run one under Flounder if we have a volunteer to do it. <br />I'm happy to provide all the resources needed to run a forum and help out with <br />sysadmin.<br /><br /><a href="https://community.nzoss.nz/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://community.nzoss.nz/</a><br /><br />The NZOSS forum should also be a good option. They run things well. I'm not <br />really into forums, so I'll let the people who are advise on the best options <br />in this regard.<br /><br /><a href="https://lemmy.perthchat.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://lemmy.perthchat.org/</a><br /><br />Another option is Lemmy, the federated FOSS competitor to Reddit. Perthchat <br />runs a Lemmy server and I'm sure they would be happy to host any Linux spaces <br />under that. I created an account on the Perthchat Lemmy server but haven't <br />really used it.<br /><br /><br />PS The one guaranteed way of getting more traffic on a list is to start a <br />thread saying "we should have less traffic".</div>
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<p>what was that... less traffic... we've had more posts in past 24 hours, 13 infact (so byebye <a href="mailto:info@petermoulding.com">info@petermoulding.com</a>) then we've had in 6 months, mailman is starting to feel loved again :)</p>
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<p>Oh can I be the first to say it???? forums suck, all that extra crappy h t m l eye candy rubbish, ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww</p>
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<p>Regards,<br />Noel Butler</p>
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