Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Request for a newsgroup for MX Linux Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2023 18:58:10 +0100 Lines: 74 Message-ID: References: <20230218095049.3c4a3861@mx> <7v-dnaJjgNesWWz-nZ2dnZfqn_adnZ2d@earthlink.com> <09d9cjxiee.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 3fMFwOPvPfyMAWhyQWY3RAua7/ZuMDkXcEdIt1zJKHlJdI373u Cancel-Lock: sha1:Gr3NVKV5vdTWRCjyej4/AIKjw+I= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.7.1 Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:37230 On 2023-02-22 05:59, 25B.E866 wrote: > On 2/19/23 6:20 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> On 2023-02-19 07:39, 25B.R866 wrote: >>> On 2/18/23 5:09 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote: >>>> On 2023-02-18 16:50, Johnny wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I just sent an Email to wolfgang@eternal-september.org  and requested >>>>> the group MX Linux be added to their subscribers list.  We will see >>>>> what happens. >>>>> >>>>> This is the website that gives the Email address: >>>>> >>>>> https://www.newsgroupreviews.com/eternal-september.html >>>>> >>>>> It's at the bottom of the page.  It might help if more people >>>>> requested >>>>> the new group. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Are you asking for the creation of a new group, or an existing group >>>> to be added to eternal-september? >>>> >>>> If the former, the procedure is more complex and you will have to at >>>> least argue it. >>> >>>    While MX is extremely good - I use it - I don't >>>    think it needs its very own newsgroup. 99% of >>>    issues will be "general Linux" issues and not >>>    anything specific to MX. >> >> >> >> MX Linux >> >> MX Linux is a Linux distribution based on Debian stable and using core >> antiX components, with additional software created or packaged by the >> MX community.[2] The development of MX Linux is a collaborative effort >> between the antiX and former MEPIS communities. The MX 'name' comes >> from the M for MEPIS and the X from antiX - an acknowledgment of their >> roots. The community's stated goal is to produce "a family of >> operating systems that are designed to combine elegant and efficient >> desktops with high stability and solid performance". >> >> MX Linux uses Xfce as main desktop environment, to which it adds a >> freestanding KDE Plasma version and, in 2021, a standalone Fluxbox >> implementation. Other environments can be added or are available as >> "spin-off" ISO images. >> >> >>> >>>    There are a good 100+ distros out there, just check >>>    distrowatch. A group for each just "dilutes" the >>>    value of community support. A Ubuntu answer is likely >>>    to be useful to LOTS of people - but if there are >>>    super-dedicated groups then almost nobody SEES said >>>    answers unless they're massively cross-posted. >> >> I suppose MX has its own communication channels. Mail list, web forum? >> >> There are always questions that are peculiar to each distribution. >> Installation questions, possible bugs... > > >   Yes, but a dedicated newsgroup ??? I think it just >   dilutes answers to "general Linux" issues. There are dedicated newsgroups already. Some people (few) seem to prefer them to the channels of the distribution. Thinking of alt.os.linux.suse (alt.os.linux.opensuse is empty). -- Cheers, Carlos E.R.