UBUNTU: Promising new Ubuntu support website: Ubuntu StackExchange

[Valorie Zimmerman]

I think this is an effort by some to spread the reach. Not everyone
who has questions about Ubuntu finds their way to the Forums or
Launchpad Questions. This is simply a place some folks prefer, for
both questions and answering.

Valorie


On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Ahmed Osman <ashex at chipnick.com> wrote:
> There are actually several Question/Answer areas for Ubuntu, for example
> there is Questions for Ubuntu on launchpad which seems almost identical in
> function to this. My best guess is that they're relaunching the Launchpad
> section as a separate website to garner more activity.
>
> -Ahmed Osman
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 3:45 PM, Monte Milanuk <memilanuk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Andrew Kvalheim
>> <andrew.kvalheim at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Just spreading the word about a new Ubuntu support site that, in my
>>> opinion, is probably poised to become the official "ask.ubuntu.com" in the
>>> future. For those of you who use Stack Overflow or Server Fault, this is
>>> going to look very familiar:
>>>
>>> Ubuntu StackExchange
>>> http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/
>>
>> Not that I don't dig the whole Stack Overflow & Server Fault thing... but
>> I'm curious what exactly the point is of this particular variant?
>>
>> Stack Overflow, Server Fault, Super User, etc. provide kind of a general
>> collecting point for questions on a wide variety of related topics.  Ubuntu
>> already has that, more or less, with the Ubuntu forums, I thought - unless I
>> missed something?
>>
>> Seems like it would serve to dilute the knowledge base by splitting it
>> between the 'official' Ubuntu forums and this new StackExchange site, vs.
>> consolidating the knowledge that tends to be somewhat scattered
>> ('programming' and 'server' being fairly wide-open topics across multiple
>> platforms - 'Ubuntu' being a tad more focused)
>>
>> Just a thought.
>>
>> Monte

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