IRC channel #LBo reminder

IRC channel #LBo reminder 

You are invited to join us for an irc chat on Freenode.

All topics related to Linux or LinuxBasics.org are
welcome. To round things off, sometimes we simply chat about life, the
universe and everything. It is a great pastime, and we get to know each other
better. When somebody with a 'linux-problem' comes along, the conversation
usually focuses on that quite quickly.

Official meeting time is:

Sunday at 2000 UTC 
4 PM Eastern DST, 1 PM Pacific DST 

You're welcome and encouraged to use the channel at other times as well.
The channel is open 24/7 and occupants come and go. IRC is a remarkably
effective and efficient way to troubleshoot many of the common problems
users have. Perhaps a post to the list stating the problem(s) and when you
will be on the channel for starters. Check out your specific distro's
#channel, usually a great source of support. Or just drop by and simply chew
the herring <g>

Use your IRC client to connect to 
**irc.freenode.net** port #6667
then /join #LBo

LBo Blog post on IRC chat with Konversation: 
http://linuxbasics.org/blog/index.php?/archives/26-IRC-Chat.html

Mailing List Closing

Dear fellow LBo members and contributors from all around the globe,

The world of Linux is in constant evolution, and so is LBo's. Over the
years, the trend on the Net has been toward the use of forums rather
than mailing lists. We at LBo also have created a forum, on top of using
the mailing list and wiki as before. The forum gained more and more
popularity, and eventually drew most of the traffic from the e-mail list.

As a result, the most recent things are happening on the forum, and the
traffic on the e-mail list has dwindled to a trickle, then to a few rare
drops now and then.

So, in an effort to both keep things simple for the members we consider
it appropriate to fold the e-mail list, and concentrate the support to
LBo members and users on the Forum.

We wish to thank our faithful readers for all those years belonging and
contributing to the LBo e-mail list, and invite all the members to
regularly visit the forum. If we may point some particular sections of
interest, we recommend the ongoing Linux course
(http://linuxbasics.org/forum/index.php?board=2.0) and the Useful Linux
Links (http://linuxbasics.org/forum/index.php?board=9.0).

So, effective July 15th, there will be no more LBo e-mail list. You will
still be able to search the archives of the list for all the tips and
tricks and information available there, but there will be no more new
posts. All of the new posts will be in the Forum
(http://linuxbasics.org/forum/index.php?board=1.0). We warmly recommend
you to register there and stay in touch with us and, who knows,
contribute here and there where you can.

Re: Mailing List Closing

Gee, Thanks Anita.  I hate forums, but guess I'll have to start using it
if I want to help anyone other than on the chat.

-----Original Message-----
From: Anita Lewis <a.lewis@...>
Reply-To: qna@...
To: Question and Answers on Linux <qna@...>
Subject: [LBo] Mailing List Closing
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:00:28 -0400

Dear fellow LBo members and contributors from all around the globe,

The world of Linux is in constant evolution, and so is LBo's. Over the
years, the trend on the Net has been toward the use of forums rather
than mailing lists. We at LBo also have created a forum, on top of using
the mailing list and wiki as before. The forum gained more and more
popularity, and eventually drew most of the traffic from the e-mail list.

As a result, the most recent things are happening on the forum, and the
traffic on the e-mail list has dwindled to a trickle, then to a few rare
drops now and then.

So, in an effort to both keep things simple for the members we consider
it appropriate to fold the e-mail list, and concentrate the support to
LBo members and users on the Forum.

We wish to thank our faithful readers for all those years belonging and
contributing to the LBo e-mail list, and invite all the members to
regularly visit the forum. If we may point some particular sections of
interest, we recommend the ongoing Linux course

Re: Mailing List Closing

Lonnie Mullenix wrote:
> Gee, Thanks Anita.  I hate forums, but guess I'll have to start using it
> if I want to help anyone other than on the chat.
>   
I know what you mean. I've never been to the forums, and I doubt I will 
go there any time soon. The cynic in me thinks that forums are what you 
set up when you need to cut down on the conversation.

Regards,

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zwilnik@...      Linux User #333216

"I fired MacArthur because he wouldn't respect the authority of the 
President. I didn't fire him because he was a dumb son of a bitch, 
although he was." -- Harry S. Truman
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Re: Mailing List Closing

Okay thanks.................see ya list

Tez
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Anita Lewis" <a.lewis@...>
> To: "Question and Answers on Linux" <qna@...>
> Subject: [LBo] Mailing List Closing
> Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:00:28 -0400
> 
> 
> Dear fellow LBo members and contributors from all around the globe,
> 
> The world of Linux is in constant evolution, and so is LBo's. Over the
> years, the trend on the Net has been toward the use of forums rather
> than mailing lists. We at LBo also have created a forum, on top of using
> the mailing list and wiki as before. The forum gained more and more
> popularity, and eventually drew most of the traffic from the e-mail list.
> 
> As a result, the most recent things are happening on the forum, and the
> traffic on the e-mail list has dwindled to a trickle, then to a few rare
> drops now and then.
> 
> So, in an effort to both keep things simple for the members we consider
> it appropriate to fold the e-mail list, and concentrate the support to
> LBo members and users on the Forum.
> 
> We wish to thank our faithful readers for all those years belonging and
> contributing to the LBo e-mail list, and invite all the members to
> regularly visit the forum. If we may point some particular sections of
> interest, we recommend the ongoing Linux course

Re: Mailing List Closing

All the posts lamenting the passing of the list kind of remind me of someone, in 
some of our pasts, that was always crying about the usage of, anything other 
than, text for email and web browser clients. Change isn't always necessarily a 
good thing, but it is inevitable.

Oh, and the only comments on the forum that have been removed, were spam for 
your favorite male enhancement druggies and links to related porn sites. 
Terrible things to have missing in ones daily diet of linux tips...... or not
<big_grin>

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linux the lifetime learning experience
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Re: Mailing List Closing

I haven't posted much, but have enjoyed the conversation.
Thanks :)

Denton Yoder
Denton at vt.edu

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Re: Mailing List Closing

Fair well brave list
I will mourn your passing
But in the morning
I will still be asking?

Tim

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Re: Mailing List Closing

This is the most activity I've seen on the mailing list in a long time!  :)

On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Tim <xendistar@...> wrote:

> Fair well brave list
> I will mourn your passing
> But in the morning
> I will still be asking?
>
> Tim
>
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Re: Mailing List Closing

Kevin B. O'Brien schrieb:
> [...] The cynic in me thinks that forums are what you set up when you
> need to cut down on the conversation.

Sadly, there is not much to cut down. Or, as Troy put it:

Troy wrote:
> This is the most activity I've seen on the mailing list in a long time!

Stefan

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