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(Paul) Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users

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On 3/22/19 12:39 PM, Paul Sutton wrote:
> On 22/03/2019 15:31, deb wrote:
>> Hello folks:
>>
>>
>> For someone trying to pull Windows (and Mac) users into Linux
>> does anyone have:
>>
>>
>> Preferred other email lists, for new users?
>>
>> Perhaps more basic than this one?
>>
>> There are forums, but the emails are a good way to work too.
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
> Why not direct them here,  just perhaps set up their e-mail client so
> that all e-mails are sent to a folder,  that way the main inbox doesn't
> get full of e-mail from here, as there can be quite a lot at times.
> Maybe teach them how to watch specific threads,  so they post a
> question, when it arrives in their inbox from the list, tag it to watch.
>
> I suggest this, as it is the main list for Debian,  plus I am not a full
> expert but can still help with some stuff,  and happy to do so.
>
> Also new users asking questions here can highlight specific issues,  a
> task that should (and is considered simple, by developers or more
> experienced users) may not be,  and may need looking in to as to how
> that task can be made less complex (if that makes sense) or explained
> differently.
>
> Sometimes when new users and developers (including documentation
> editors) can communicate good things happen.  if may also help us
> develop good documentation too, as even writing that can throw up
> questions.
>
> Paul
>

Thanks Paul:

And I agree -- it would be great to have one place to send them to and 
Yes, old pros can get trends (or early leads) of problems this way.

I guess I found that some folks here (not many, but vocal) can be gruff 
and insensitive; and I just wanted to see if there were more "yielding" 
lists.



The last thing I want to do is have new users rebuffed in the spot I 
send them to for help.

I was just checking to see what else was available :-)

Dig?

Thank you!

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Other lists? Fire support for new users deb <deb@rangingthoughts.org> - 2019-03-22 16:40 +0100
  Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users Paul Sutton <zleap@disroot.org> - 2019-03-22 17:40 +0100
    (Paul) Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users deb <deb@rangingthoughts.org> - 2019-03-22 18:20 +0100
      Re: (Paul) Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users Jim Popovitch <jim@k4vqc.com> - 2019-03-22 18:40 +0100
        Re: (Paul) Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users deb <deb@rangingthoughts.org> - 2019-03-22 18:50 +0100
          Re: (Paul) Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users Jim Popovitch <jim@k4vqc.com> - 2019-03-22 19:10 +0100
            Re: (Paul) Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-03-22 20:00 +0100
    Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2019-03-22 20:00 +0100
  Re: Other lists? Fire support for new users Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2019-03-23 00:40 +0100

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