comp.os.linux.archlinux - creation of newsgroup - your help needed!

mikesd · 2010-01-28 04:02:36

@OP. I was just browsing the emacs[1] website and noticed that they link their mailing list and newsgroup. Might be an option if you were still looking at this.

To ask for help with GNU Emacs, use the mailing list help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org or the newsgroup gnu.emacs.help. The mailing list and newsgroup are linked: messages posted on one appear on the other as well.

[1] http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/#HelpMailing

awayand · 2010-02-02 23:30:42

I was just checking news.groups.proposals to see if my RFD for comp.os.linux.archlinux was getting anywhere. Looks like the only people still reading those newsgroups are the admins. I wonder why, although I have a hunch. It certainly doesn't look like that group is going to be created. Apparently, it's more resource-wasting and more work to create a newsgroup, than discussing why it shouldn't be created.

For your amusement, I have posted the most interesting quotes from some of the people lurking in news.groups.proposals:

"I'd never hearch of a distro named "arch" before but I work on large
data centers not small systems. I checked under the alt.* heirachy and
the place for distros seems to be alt.os.linux.*. There are a lot of
distros there whose name I recognized. Maybe alt.os.linux.archlinux
would be the way to go."

>> I've seen little new comment on this RFD. More importantly, I've seen
>> almost NO support for the proposed group in this place.
>>
>> If the proponent wants the group - more support here is needed. IMHO of
>> course.
>
> I agree; I had just been thinking the same thing.

"Conventional wisdom says that this group will not work.
Look, the specific reason I built RootsWeb was because the Big8
management back then was such a PITA that it was easier to build
a whole new Internet facility supporting tens of thousands of
mailing lists rather than deal with the USENET administration."

Well I thought it was a nice idea. Maybe another day.

PS: On a more happy note, this distro ROCKS, and not to do any advertising, but a major server hosting company in Europe has added Archlinux to its repertoire (hint, hint) only two months ago!! Yay. Guess what I am running now.

toxygen · 2010-02-03 05:59:14

it was a good effort, but usenet has steadily been going the way of the dodo for most groups. (some still hang around, and alt.binaries.* will probably never go away (the main ones anyway))

nolochemical · 2010-05-06 06:32:22

/me Lights a fire in the corner and pitches a tent..

dunc · 2010-05-31 17:17:41

awayand wrote:

Well I thought it was a nice idea. Maybe another day.

So did I. Pity.

I much prefer newsgroups, where everything is always the same and filtering out spam and trolls is your responsibility, to web forums where the quoting system's always different, some use bbcode, some use HTML, some don't allow styles at all... grrrr. Hate 'em. And that's before you get to the maniac obsessive moderators (not a problem here, I hasten to add ).

ngoonee · 2010-05-31 22:53:00

Mailing lists?

post · 2015-02-15 22:50:53

I would have loved to find a newsgroup for Arch in that list ftp://ftp.isc.org/pub/usenet/CONFIG/newsgroups (2.4 MB) // via http://news.aioe.org/index.php?news

alt.os.linux Use comp.os.linux.* instead.
alt.os.linux.aaaaaarrrrrgggghhhhh No description.
alt.os.linux.best Discussion and voluntary support of the Best Linux OS
alt.os.linux.caldera The Caldera Network Desktop.
alt.os.linux.corel Discussions about the Corel linux distribution
alt.os.linux.debian Questions, answers and discussions for Debian Linux.
alt.os.linux.dial-up Useing Linux OS to connect to the net
alt.os.linux.does-not-work No description.
alt.os.linux.fedora Fedora GNU/Linux Operating System
alt.os.linux.gentoo The Gentoo Linux Distribution.
alt.os.linux.is.....
alt.os.linux.is-rooted No description.
alt.os.linux.libranet Libranet, a Linux distribution based on Debian
alt.os.linux.lindows Linux open source OS distribution with CNR.
alt.os.linux.madrake No description.
alt.os.linux.mageia Linux Distribution which is a fork of Mandriva.
alt.os.linux.mandrake No description.
alt.os.linux.mandrake.fr No description.
alt.os.linux.mandriva Discussions regarding Mandriva Linux distribution.
alt.os.linux.mepis Discussion of MEPIS Linux
alt.os.linux.mint Mint Linux
alt.os.linux.oops No description.
alt.os.linux.pclinuxos For the discussion of PcLinuxOs
alt.os.linux.projects Linux group for project cordination. (Moderated)
alt.os.linux.redhat No description.
alt.os.linux.slackware Questions, answers & general talk of Slackware Linux.
alt.os.linux.smoothwall Smoothwall firewall/gateway software.
alt.os.linux.storm Discussions about the Storm linux distribution
alt.os.linux.sucks No description.
alt.os.linux.suse For all SuSE Linux users.
alt.os.linux.turbolinux Forum for discussion and support for
alt.os.linux.ubuntu Ubuntu Linux

Alad · 2015-02-16 00:09:47

As you're the first to reply in 5 years, I guess there was no interest. Use the mailing lists as suggested, and leave the dead to rest.

Last edited by Alad (2015-02-16 00:11:04)

progandy · 2015-02-16 00:32:15

Alad wrote:

As you're the first to reply in 5 years, I guess there was no interest. Use the mailing lists as suggested, and leave the dead to rest.

If you prefer newsgroups, use the gmane interface for the mailing lists.
http://gmane.org/find.php?list=linux.arch

Last edited by progandy (2015-02-16 00:33:51)

post · 2015-02-16 08:58:36

Thanks, I wasn't aware of nntps://news.gmane.org.

ewaller · 2015-02-16 16:13:42

I think it is a good time to close this thread.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … bumping.22

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