From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Received: by 10.224.111.196 with SMTP id t4mr11222141qap.8.1421400528384; Fri, 16 Jan 2015 01:28:48 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.182.248.196 with SMTP id yo4ls535742obc.58.gmail; Fri, 16 Jan 2015 01:28:48 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.182.234.103 with SMTP id ud7mr49696obc.12.1421400527998; Fri, 16 Jan 2015 01:28:47 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 01:28:47 -0800 (PST) From: Justin moore To: voidlinux@googlegroups.com Message-Id: <38aeb42b-9053-486a-a24c-8b1e8abcedb0@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Re: How can we help? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_Part_673_1451789320.1421400527267" ------=_Part_673_1451789320.1421400527267 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_674_513904026.1421400527267" ------=_Part_674_513904026.1421400527267 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "Of course neither Google Groups nor a free forum appear very "professional", but we should not forget that we do not need to appeal to the casual consumer. Void is clearly a distribution for the advanced user, who is comfortable with getting his hands dirty on the shell and wants to tinker with all aspects of his OS. These people, in my experience, prefer function over form and do not care one way or another about appearances." What about function and form? This is something I see in Discourse which is why I am pushing it so hard and I think things are only going to get better. If we can get something installed sooner rather than later, that will allow us to get posts organized before it gets out of hand. On Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at 7:09:17 PM UTC-6, Logen Kain wrote: > > This is intended to be a continuation of > https://plus.google.com/u/0/+LogenKain/posts/LxkBfWqscxy > > > So what can we do to make life easier for contributors and users? > > Should we have a mailing list? Just use Google communities? (does anyone > actually use communities?) > Set up a discourse forum? It's fairly easy to do on a Digital Ocean > server for $10 a month. Might need to upgrade at some point but $10 > wouldn't be too bad to start with. > Is google groups good enough? Or does it make Void look bad? Personally > I think Void should have a forum that promotes Voidlinux more than Google. > > Things I know of that we can do to help void: > Raise awareness - more people = more potential contributors > Contribute package builds > Contribute code to the package manager > Documentation, I still use the Arch WIki whenever I have a Linux related > question. > If we could convince some North American Universities to host a void repo > that would be wonderful. > > Anyway, discuss. > ------=_Part_674_513904026.1421400527267 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
"Of course neither Google Groups nor a free forum appear v= ery=20 "professional", but we should not forget that we do not need to appeal=20 to the casual consumer. Void is clearly a distribution for the advanced=20 user, who is comfortable with getting his hands dirty on the shell and=20 wants to tinker with all aspects of his OS. These people, in my=20 experience, prefer function over form and do not care one way or another about appearances."

What about function and form? This is something= I see in Discourse which is why I am pushing it so hard and I think things= are only going to get better. If we can get something installed sooner rat= her than later, that will allow us to get posts organized before it gets ou= t of hand.

On Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at 7:09:17 PM UTC-6, Logen= Kain wrote:
T= his is intended to be a continuation of https://plus.google.com/u/0/+LogenKain/posts/LxkBfWqscxy

So what can we do to= make life easier for contributors and users?

Shou= ld we have a mailing list?  Just use Google communities? (does anyone = actually use communities?)
Set up a discourse forum?  It's f= airly easy to do on a Digital Ocean server for $10 a month.  Might nee= d to upgrade at some point but $10 wouldn't be too bad to start with.
=
Is google groups good enough?  Or does it make Void look bad? &nb= sp;Personally I think Void should have a forum that promotes Voidlinux more= than Google.

Things I know of that we can do to h= elp void:
Raise awareness - more people =3D more potential contri= butors 
Contribute package builds
Contribute code = to the package manager
Documentation, I still use the Arch WIki w= henever I have a Linux related question.
If we could convince som= e North American Universities to host a void repo that would be wonderful.<= /div>

Anyway, discuss.
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