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From: notbob <notbob@nothome.com>
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Subject: Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions?
Date: 13 Jan 2013 00:37:07 GMT
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On 2013-01-12, Ohmster <root@dev.nul> wrote:
> Off topic, but if I get an answer now, I won't have to bug anyone in here.
>
> Where is a good newsgroup to ask general Linux questions? alt.linux seems 
> to be a bunch of nonsense. Is comp.os.linux a good place to ask? Do you 
> guys visit that newsgroup?

comp.os.linux.misc is probably the most busy and stays pretty much on
track, but like most of usenet, traffic is diminishing.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/, a forum, is probably your best bet for
all general linux Qs.  There are more specialized forums on the web.

nb