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- From: Rob.Levin@f217.n3802.z1.fidonet.org (Rob Levin)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Splitting comp.os.linux
- Message-ID: <716236829.F00029@remote.halcyon.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 18:45:38 -0800
- Sender: Gatekeeper@remote.halcyon.com
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- JW> I know that the FAQ and such says not to use to alt.os.linux,
- JW> but I still get news from there, so if it is still active
- JW> is there a reason why not to use it. I've seen quite a few
- JW> posts about splitting this newsgroup. Maybe we could direct
- JW> newbie questions to alt.os.linux. This is not a very good
- JW> long term solution, but it may be a good way to try out having
- JW> more that one linux newsgroup, and it doesn't really require
- JW> any extra work.
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- JW> Just a thought....
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- Solutions like this tend to orphan those of us on the Fidonet side.
- Presumably the folks gating the news group to Fido will decide whether
- everyone here will be connected to alt.os.linux, or comp.os.linux.
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- So, where does that leave me? I've written the occasional patch to
- kernel source (see previous message) and could certainly profit from
- propagating it to people other than newbies (and getting feedback). So,
- maybe I should be gated to comp.os.linux.
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- On the other hand, I'm not above asking the sort of question that a
- newbie would ask....so, perhaps I should be gated to alt.os.linux so as
- not to offend "proper" hackers (presumably people who learned un*x via
- direct ftp to their cerebral cortices [grin])....
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- Anyway, I sympathize with your problem, but am not sure there is a
- reasonable place to draw a line. Though, the Linux activists' mailing
- groups are available, and they certainly wouldn't contain a lot of
- newbie postings....
- :-)
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- Rob L.
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- * Origin: Via the Annex in Victoria, TX (1:3802/217)
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