All,
I occasionally use forums. They work well for the one off question about something you don't want to "dive" into.
For instance I had to work on my fridge a year or so ago. I went to a forum. Asked one question, had an answer the next day and went on with my life.
It's much more of a hassle to of: subscribed to a appliance repair mailing list, posted my question, received dozens or hundreds of emails I didn't care about, deleted all those emails I didn't want in the first place received my answer, stay subscribed in case it turns into a thread unsubscribed
I for one would call those dozens of emails spam.
So for me as a user, I use forums for things I really don't want to track. I use email lists for things nearer and dearer to me. Also I´m not a developer nor a packager, I think the only reason why
Am 15.04.2011 17:38, schrieb Greg Freemyer: these people are "hating" forums so much, is the easy point that their are too much "newbies" I mean, if I were a programmer, I would feel ripped when I have to read: [bad typo is planned, no worry] "How the KDE controll center works?" dear comunity! i´m new to opensuse and i installed it today on my harddisk. now i´ve got the kde controll center and don´t know how to handle with it. how can i change my wallpaper thank you by the way: opensuse is the best distro alive! [/end] Do you understand? You need a little bit of technical understanding to subscribe to a mailinglist,and so their more people who have a clue about what they doing. By the way, I really hate the API of the most forums and working via e-mail is much better if you ask me :) And, quite frankly, I don´t know why, but my account seems to be "locked" or "inactive" because I can´t answer to a thread even if I wanted to reply :/ thanks -- Kim Leyendecker (kimleyendecker@hotmail.de) openSUSE Ambassador / openSUSE Wiki Team DE HAVE A LOT OF FUN! http://www.opensuse.org | http://www.suse.de Have you tried SUSE Studio? Need to create a Live CD, an app you want to package and distribute , or create your own linux distro. Give SUSE Studio a try. www.susestudio.com. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org