Re: [rock-user] ROCK's visibility could be increased with little effort

Good points all along, I think. Thanks for taking the effort to approach 
Jeremy.

So, at this stage LQ.org may not be a good solution for ROCK developers. 
However, let me remind you that my original point was actually about 
*users*. Broadening the user base would be a good thing, IMHO. And as 
you say, with a little luck, some new users might actually support the 
project in one or another way.

But LQ.org was just one idea that came to my mind, because through 
LQ.org I got interested in distributions like Amigo, of which I'd never 
have even heard without LQ.org. And I thought that other users of 
mainstream distros might as well get attracted by ROCK, once it would be 
on display, there.

However, my point is

*not* actually "let's migrate to LQ.org",

*but* "let's think about how we can attract people (users!) to ROCK".


It seems, however, that many ROCK users are ROCK developers, too. And I 
accept that for developers LQ.org is not an ideal solution. But: Why 
aren't there more *users* that are no developers?

This is no accuse, just a question, really. In my opinion ROCK is a 
unique project that currently just doesn't get the attention it 
deserves. Let's think about how this could be changed!


      Alex



Benjamin Schieder wrote:
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>>I've contacted LQ.org about the possibility of linking their forums with
>>a newsgroup/mailinglist. It really wouldn't make any sense to be visible
>>there without being actually available there. You know, bad publicity is
>>still worse than no publicity :)
> 
> 
> Okay, so here's Jeremy's reply from LQ.org:
> 
> - ---snip---
> On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Benjamin wrote:
> 
> 
>>My name is Benjamin Schieder and I'm an active developer on Rock Linux
> 
> (http://www.rocklinux.org/).
> 
>>Recently Alex Baer asked if it was possible to have the "-user" mailinglist
> 
> moved to LinuxQuestions.org. Sadly, the idea of webbased board systems doesn't
> fit in with the way most if not all Rock developers work.
> 
>>That's why I'm asking if there is a possibility to link the LQ.org boards with
> 
> a newsgroup and/or mailinglist in such a way that messages to the LQ.org board
> go to the newsgroup/mailinglist and vice versa.
> 
>>Is such a thing possible?
> 
> 
> 
> Benjamin,
> 
>     We'd be more than happy to host the Rock Linux forums.  That being said, at
> this time there is unfortunately no way to enable NNTP or access the forums via
> a mailing list.  The latter is something we may look into at some point in the
> future, but it's nothing something that will be implemented in the near future.
>  If you have any other questions, let me know.
> 
> - --jeremy
> - ---snap---
> 
> So, all things considered, I guess I could add the LQ.org forum to my "check
> daily" list, but it'd be a check of once or twice a day, which isn't much
> considering that I'm checking my mails once every 30-60 minutes when I'm on a
> machine with Internetconnection.
> 
> Personally, I wouldn't mind. It would probably help us in acquiring desperately
> needed manpower here and there.
> 
> Any other opinions about this?
> 
> 
> Greetings,
> 	Benjamin
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