Thanks, Johnny, for your comments. Can you post some URLs for CentOS forums you mentioned in your reply? I've searched high-and-low with no success. The other thing I'd love is a link to a good RSS (or Atom) feed devoted to RHEL and/or CentOS. Any help would be most appreciated. --Carol Anne > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of Johnny Hughes > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 2:42 AM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT: Top Posting > > Akemi Yagi wrote: > > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Carol Anne Ogdin > <caogdin at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Jumping in late here: I sincerely wish that this list was > maintained > >> on any of the quality "bulletin board" or "Forum" tools. It would > >> reduce my eMail load, allow me to zoom in on just the issues of > >> interest to me at the moment, and I can eMail those posts > to myself > >> that are relevant to my own needs for further editing and > documentation. > >> > >> I find the entire USENET and eMail list thing utterly > antediluvian, > >> and wicked hard to use. Often, I can only barely remember that > >> *maybe* something relevant was discussed months ago, but is now > >> relevant to my current issue today. A "forum" is more > practical as a > >> tool for building a collective knowledge of the CentOS community. > >> This eMail list just doesn't cut it for a "knowledge base" > built up of our collective experience. > >> > >> Of course, for those of you who still prefer this medium, > a "forum" > >> can eMail you posts, just like you see them today. But people who > >> would like to search for a solution from a year or so ago could > >> search the central resource. > >> > >> --Carol Anne > > > > I think this post gives us a good message. That is that, just like > > there are many people who hate the forums, there are many users who > > prefer the forums over the mailing lists. > > > >>From what I have been observing by participating in the BOTH worlds > > for the last year or so, the number of people who are being > helped in > > the forums outgrows that of the mailing lists. And if you > do google > > searches, you tend to find forum posts more than mailing > posts. BUT, > > my intention is not to make a comparison -- they just have > different > > audience. > > > > The point I want to make is that if you feel one method is not as > > well-served as the other, efforts should be made to make the other > > method equally good. CentOS provides the two major venues, and we > > should be able to choose whichever the one we feel more comfortable > > without sacrificing the quality of help we get. The "C" in > CentOS is > > the driving force of the whole project. We, community > members, as a > > whole always need to think how best we can help others. > > > > My 2 cents worth, > > I just want to point out that there are forums for CentOS, we > have several moderators and community members who answer > questions there every day and we can akways use more users > there answering questions. > > You can also search and read this list in several places that > are available in a threaded format ... like: > > http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.linux.centos.general > > You can also search the archives using google and the site feature: > > in a google search box, do: > > site:http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/ "Top Posting" > > Regardless, forums, mailing lists and a wiki are all > available for CentOS users ... and each medium is driven by > "CentOS Users" who volunteer to participate for "CentOS > Users" who are looking for help. > We offer all 3 because different users prefer different methods. > > That is what open source is all about ... pick the method you > like and use it :D > > Thanks, > Johnny Hughes > >