[ubuntu-za] new South African Ubuntu forum being launched

[Neil Oosthuizen]

Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Firstly I am not in any way saying that the new forum or those responsible
or anything said on the subject is incompetent, just that often times
people do good things out of ignorance etc...

I think that the new forum is awesome for the simple reason someone is
trying to something to promote FLOSS and specifically Ubuntu and that is
always a +1.  Is this the best way? Perhaps not. But rather than burn down
creativity and damped energy and spirit why don't those concerned join in
on the community, build bridges to it and keep everyone informed off all
the other ways people in ZA can get assistance with issues etc.  Better to
let people that like the forum and use it also be aware of LoCo activities,
IRC and even the fact that there is a sub forum on ubuntuforums that could
be used.

In time the used avenues will survive and the excess will fade away.  Let
us not assume that the new kid on the block is wrong and should go away
when it might turn out to be very beneficial ;)

Well, that is my 2c worth in any case :p


Neil


On 13 March 2013 09:33, Wayne Abroue <plettpc at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 9:50 PM, Johan Mynhardt <johanmynhardt at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> > ... and I have found some of my questions lost among arguments between
>> > seasoned forum members who cannot agree on whether my question is a
>> > duplicate of a solved one or not (it was not). The problem remained
>> unsolved,
>> > while I felt that if the energy consumed by the argument referred to
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>> > applied to seeking a solution, a solution would have been found.
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>> This was pretty much what I had in mind as to what we should try to
>> prevent - every dog barking in his own yard.
>> I've seen it time and again.
>> It's also probably the biggest issue I have against running forums
>> (besides maintaining).
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>> Hi Jan
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> I really feel you, however the Linux world is not that simple, Even if you
> are the only person having experienced your particular problem. There are
> numerous challenges to software running on a very broad spectrum of
> hardware available today.
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> Your problem could very well be your unique hardware combination and only
> something you alone can solve by self study and learning the internals of
> pulse. Reminds me of the old OSS and ALSA days, when only every second new
> sound card worked, until somebody actually got his hands dirty and
> wrote,patched new drivers etc.
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> Back on topic, I feel it is totally unnecessary to have a new forum, as
> this one does not really have lots of traffic, and to get assistance, one
> needs to cast a broader net, not a smaller net.
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