[gentoo-dev] New gentoo-newbies and gentoo-security mailing lists

[gentoo-dev] New gentoo-newbies and gentoo-security mailing lists

[Daniel Robbins]

Hi All,

I've just added two new user mailing lists:

gentoo-newbies: Intended for Gentoo Linux new user questions,
installation help and other getting-started-related questions.

gentoo-security: For discussion of Gentoo Linux security-related topics.

Head over to http://lists.gentoo.org to subscribe.  Enjoy :)

Best Regards,

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Daniel Robbins                                  <drobbins@gentoo.org>
Chief Architect/President                       http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.

Re: [gentoo-dev] New gentoo-newbies and gentoo-security mailing lists

[John Stalker]

Good idea.  gentoo-user is getting unmanageable.

> Hi All,
> 
> I've just added two new user mailing lists:
> 
> gentoo-newbies: Intended for Gentoo Linux new user questions,
> installation help and other getting-started-related questions.
> 
> gentoo-security: For discussion of Gentoo Linux security-related topics.
> 
> Head over to http://lists.gentoo.org to subscribe.  Enjoy :)
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Daniel Robbins                                  <drobbins@gentoo.org>
> Chief Architect/President                       http://www.gentoo.org 
> Gentoo Technologies, Inc.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> gentoo-dev mailing list
> gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
> http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev

--
John Stalker
Department of Mathematics
Princeton University
(609)258-6469

Re: [gentoo-dev] New gentoo-newbies and gentoo-security mailing lists

[Panax]

I have one worry about creating a gentoo-newbie (if it isn't already
official), it is that they will be ignored, I know gentoo-user is huge,
but maybe gentoo-install would be better because-- 1) It would be for a
specific problem, not a class of people 2) This group would incorporate
new and expierenced linux users who just happened to run into a
situation during the install.
Panax

On Sun, 2002-03-17 at 17:30, John Stalker wrote:
> Good idea.  gentoo-user is getting unmanageable.
> 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I've just added two new user mailing lists:
> > 
> > gentoo-newbies: Intended for Gentoo Linux new user questions,
> > installation help and other getting-started-related questions.
> > 
> > gentoo-security: For discussion of Gentoo Linux security-related topics.
> > 
> > Head over to http://lists.gentoo.org to subscribe.  Enjoy :)
> > 
> > Best Regards,
> > 
> > -- 
> > Daniel Robbins                                  <drobbins@gentoo.org>
> > Chief Architect/President                       http://www.gentoo.org 
> > Gentoo Technologies, Inc.
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > gentoo-dev mailing list
> > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
> > http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev
> 
> --
> John Stalker
> Department of Mathematics
> Princeton University
> (609)258-6469
> _______________________________________________
> gentoo-dev mailing list
> gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
> http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev
> 

Re: [gentoo-dev] New gentoo-newbies and gentoo-security mailing lists

[Ian Smith]

Agreed.  It sounds like a list for people who can't be bothered to read 
the WWW documentation.  Otherwise they deserve to be called users and 
treated as such.  So go on, tempt me, why would I want to subscribe [g]?

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Re: [gentoo-dev] New gentoo-newbies and gentoo-security mailing lists

[K.L. Davis]

On 17 Mar 2002 17:43:42 -0600
Panax <mail@panax.cjb.net> wrote:

> I have one worry about creating a gentoo-newbie (if it isn't already
> official), it is that they will be ignored, I know gentoo-user is huge,
> but maybe gentoo-install would be better because-- 1) It would be for a
> specific problem, not a class of people 2) This group would incorporate
> new and expierenced linux users who just happened to run into a
> situation during the install.
> Panax

Perhaps not... Hey, let's face it, the majority of questions that have been showing up lately in gentoo-user are... well, pretty simple stuff -- Age old, very basic questions... I saw today the old "bus set a 33Mhz" question that had to have ranked at or near the most frequently asked question on many news groups and bb some time back (I though it went away because most people's systems boot so fast now that they never get a chance to read it!).

Anyway...if people do subscribe to gentoo-newbie, it should take a very short time for a percentage of the "newbie list" to become familiar with the simpler (albeit, oh so common) questions... Most of those questions have been asked many times and are well documented -- This small group in the newbie list will quickly become known on the list and should be well respected for their prompt and accurate answers.. sort of "newbie gurus" if you will?

This group will most likely find allies in the more experienced user base and bring the not so simple questions up to them... in turn learning more and developing their skill set even further.

Sure... in time they will tire of SOS (as it seems too many of us already have?) and move away from the newbie list... but rest assured that there will be other to step in -- face it, making a name for one's self amoungst the gang is very enticing and - in this case - productive.

Or, maybe not...

Re: [gentoo-dev] New gentoo-newbies and gentoo-security mailing lists

[Maciek Borowka]

Agreed too.
I don't think it's too late to change the name, isn't it?

/Maciek

On Sunday 17 March 2002 23:51, Ian Smith wrote:
> Agreed.  It sounds like a list for people who can't be bothered to read
> the WWW documentation.  Otherwise they deserve to be called users and
> treated as such.  So go on, tempt me, why would I want to subscribe [g]?

-- 
If you think C++ is not overly complicated, just what is
a protected abstract virtual base pure virtual private
destructor, and when was the last time you needed one?
-- Tom Cargill, C++ Journal, Fall 1990