Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions?

From	Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.security
Subject	Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions?
Date	2013-01-13 01:59 +0000
Organization	Crash Test Dummy Training Academy
Message-ID	<slrnkf457q.dbl.ibuprofin@fermi.phx.az.us> (permalink)
References	<XnsA146BB4F96ED3MyBigKitty@216.196.97.131>

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On Sat, 12 Jan 2013, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.security, in article
<XnsA146BB4F96ED3MyBigKitty@216.196.97.131>, Ohmster 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?

On the 15th of each month, there is a posting to the newsgroups
news.announce.newgroups, news.groups and news.lists.misc, and that
listing includes the basic description of the group.

[fermi ~]$ grep linux big.8.list.12.15.12 
comp.os.linux.advocacy  Benefits of Linux compared to other operating
           systems.
comp.os.linux.alpha     Linux on Digital Alpha machines.
comp.os.linux.announce  Announcements important to the Linux community.
           (Moderated)
comp.os.linux.development.apps  Writing Linux applications, porting to
           Linux.
comp.os.linux.development.system        Linux kernels, device drivers,
           modules.
comp.os.linux.embedded  Linux operating system on embedded hardware.
comp.os.linux.hardware  Hardware compatibility with the Linux operating
           system.
comp.os.linux.m68k      Linux operating system on 680x0 Amiga, Atari,
           VME.
comp.os.linux.misc      Linux-specific topics not covered by other
           groups.
comp.os.linux.networking        Networking and communications under
           Linux.
comp.os.linux.portable  Linux OS on portable PCs.
comp.os.linux.powerpc   Linux systems running on PowerPC microprocessors.
comp.os.linux.security  Security and the GNU/Linux Operating System.
comp.os.linux.setup     Linux installation and system administration.
comp.os.linux.x         Linux X Window System servers, clients, libs and
           fonts.
comp.os.linux.xbox      Linux on Xbox.
[fermi ~]$ 

From that, it looks like comp.os.linux.misc perhaps.

>alt.linux seems to be a bunch of nonsense.

Alternative group - alt.os.linux isn't much better

>Is comp.os.linux a good place to ask? Do you guys visit that newsgroup?

Bogus newsgroup - not carried on all servers.  You're posting from
giganews, which carries a huge number of groups - many have no recent
postings, but "we've got a lot of groups!!!"   You don't see the groups
comp.os.linux.help or comp.os.linux.questions listed above either.  Set
your newsreader to retrieve the last 30 articles - and look at the
dates.   Anything recent?

        Old guy

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OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Ohmster <root@dev.nul> - 2013-01-12 17:25 -0600
  Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2013-01-13 00:37 +0000
    Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Ohmster <root@dev.nul> - 2013-01-14 17:56 -0600
      Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2013-01-15 01:00 +0100
        Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Ohmster <root@dev.nul> - 2013-01-23 16:37 -0600
  Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2013-01-13 01:59 +0000
    Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Ohmster <root@dev.nul> - 2013-01-14 17:54 -0600
      Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2013-01-15 01:07 +0100
        Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Ohmster <root@dev.nul> - 2013-01-23 16:12 -0600
          Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2013-01-24 15:16 +0100
      Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2013-01-15 03:14 +0000
        Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Ohmster <root@dev.nul> - 2013-01-23 16:35 -0600
          Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2013-01-24 15:21 +0100
          Re: OT: Where to ask genral Linux Questions? Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2013-01-24 20:16 +0000

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