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An integrated system where both interfaces could be used but I guess threading of messages could be a problem.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Ben</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">>>> list <list@notthemessiah.net> 09/28/04 02:29pm >>></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">It seems that for this sort of heavy traffic, it would be better to have a </font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">forum that people could easily search, post, browse, etc. I get some of my </font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">best tech support on forums, and it seems like it would seriously cut down </font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">on redundant mail list questions.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">I really like linuxquestions.org, and they have a section dedicated to </font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">specific distros--their only requirement is that the forum is 'official' </font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">meaning that someone from the ubuntu project will need to be the liason </font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">between the two groups.</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">....</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Anyways, if anyone knows where some pre-existing forums are, wants to try </font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">linuxquestions, or has some advice for me--then feel free to let me/us </font></div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">know :)</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">--Dean</font></div> <div> </div> <div><font face="Arial" size="2">PS. 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