[gobolinux-users] Gobolinux Forum?

[Paul Dann]

  Definitely with you on this one molfar --- a forum would be a great
advantage.  Out of the two suggestions, my vote goes to Vanilla,
although unless storage space and bandwidth are a serious consideration,
I would suggest going with something mainstream like phpBB.  I don't
quite know how to explain this, but it feel as though as a distribution,
Gobolinux needs a forum to deal with all types of user problems.  Some
people who are using Gobolinux with have general linux questions, and
will want to ask other Gobo users because of the system similarities,
others will want to talk about the latest Scripts in SVN, so we could
really do with the categories I think.  Also, I've often felt in the
past that a distribution isn't "real" if it doesn't have a decent forum
with people discussing and fixing problems.  It provides an opportunity
to read a bit about the kind of problems people face with the system,
and get a feel for it without actually having to download it and try it
yourself.

Paul


molfar wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This time, i'd like to raise the question of online communication
> among gobo-supporters.
> IMHO, mailing list tech is a quite rudimentary monster from the past.
> It was prominent and acceptable feature in early Usenet and Web 0.x
> era but today it's just redundant. Moreover, this system is
> susceptible to spam by it's core design and I see no particular
> advantages to its utilization.
> While I am aware that it might be a bit easier to maintain than any
> database-based forum software and in some cases it might fit the
> limits of hosting opportunities better than other options, I think
> that it would be of a real advantage to this community if it had a
> kind of internet forum. It is easier to read, doesn't require
> permanent email address exposure, allows rich formatting etc, etc,
> etc...
> I've searched for a long time for a suitable and lightweight piece of
> code and would recommend using either "Beast" (http://beast.caboo.se/)
> or "Vanilla" (http://getvanilla.com/) in this case. They are
> minimalistic by design yet loaded with all the needed features. Beast
> is Ruby-based, Vanilla - PHP based.
> Just give it a try!
>
> Regards,
> molfar
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