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anon1968

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Registered: 2008-04-08

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Arch Brainstorm?

Hello, everyone. I've been using Arch Linux, among other Linux distributions for some time, and I think that one of the most important assets of Arch, among others, is its community, which consists of relatively knowledgeable users. We, the users of Arch linux, sometimes have bright and/or interesting ideas to improve our distribution. Those ideas can be posted in the forum, but unfortunately it gets lost among other topics. And also, we are unsure of other's opinions on our idea, what they may think of it. Or sometimes we are afraid, in case others think that our idea is ridiculous. I suggest that we create a site, maybe a "Arch Brainstorm", similar to Ubuntu's site, which could be a site dedicated to posting ideas about improving Arch Linux. Or at least, we could have a new section in our forums, just for users to suggest ideas, and discuss them with others. Thus we would avoid the problem of ideas getting lost among support questions, and other discussions.

Another thing, secondary to the main purpose of my post, is that last time I used Arch, I had to switch to Ubuntu, because Arch did not have ppp support in the kernel, and I did not have enough time/determination to compile my own kernel. I think ppp support should be included in the kernel, since many people use it, not just those who use dial-up, but people who connect to PPPoE networks, and people who connect using their mobile phone's GPRS/EDGE/3G connection.

I searched the forum to find any similar posts, but did not find any. I'm sorry if this topic has been discussed elsewhere, and if it has, please ignore it.

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays,
Have a good time,
S.

bangkok_manouel

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Re: Arch Brainstorm?

We, the users of Arch linux, sometimes have bright and/or interesting ideas to improve our distribution. Those ideas can be posted in the forum, but unfortunately it gets lost among other topics. And also, we are unsure of other's opinions on our idea, what they may think of it. Or sometimes we are afraid, in case others think that our idea is ridiculous. I suggest that we create a site, maybe a "Arch Brainstorm", similar to Ubuntu's site, which could be a site dedicated to posting ideas about improving Arch Linux. Or at least, we could have a new section in our forums, just for users to suggest ideas, and discuss them with others. Thus we would avoid the problem of ideas getting lost among support questions, and other discussions.

or you can use the "feature request" on the bugtracker.

Gen2ly

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Registered: 2009-03-06

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Re: Arch Brainstorm?

relatively knowledgeable

Yeah, I'd suggest as bangkok_manouel does and use the bug tracker.  This way the developers would readily see it.  I think the ppp thing is a good idea as ppl do at times need it.  As for the brainstorm site I like the idea could be helpful to triage features but think this would be better as a community project.  If people were to get together and create a site that could logically prioritize ideas, provide a good whiteboard for tossing ideas here and about I think it could help quite a bit.

Last edited by Gen2ly (2009-12-25 14:41:33)

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