Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-edu (229 mails)

[Christopher Mahmood <ckm@xxxxxxxx>]

* tom poe (tompoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) [020411 22:52]:
> Hi:  Don't discontinue it.  Let's get the show on the road.  Good to know 
> we're all here.

I won't, but there's some work to do.  For one, "we" (meaning you)
should try to come up with a charter for the list.  I.e  Currently,
it's 
        A list devoted to the use and support of Linux in schools.
        Please note that we have a separate list for this topic that is
        specific to the UK -- suse-linux-uk-schools

That's sufficiently vague to allow almost any topic.  Maybe that's
what you want, maybe not.  Here are my opinions.

I'd rather not see it become a list where people try to get support
for Linux--we have general lists in three languages (and two
specially setup up for blind users who are reading on a Braille
display) that are better suited for this because of their size and
activity.  If people start debating the merits of various filesystems
and vm implementations the non-technical people will get bored and
unsubscribe.  If suppport-type questions get posted they definitely
won't be answered with the speed they would be on suse-linux-e.

Also, I don't think it should nec. be specific to SuSE. If your
school will only accept Redhat because that's "Linux" in their minds
that's understandable given their marketing (of course we'd appreciate
you trying to convince them otherwise :)) but it seems that the
'schools' part of the name should take precedence over the 'suse'
part; we didn't create the list as a cheap marketing ploy.

Anyway, feel free to send suggestions or comments to ml-admin@xxxxxxxxx

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-ckm