On 20/07/10 23:11, dwgallien wrote:
Would someone please explain the difference in purpose between this mailing list and the openSUSE forums? I try to provide assistance on both, but do notice there is often overlap, i.e., occasionally questions posted here have been previously asked/answered at the forums and vice-versa. (I ask the question only in the interest of everyone's most efficient use of time.)
Thanks.
Dennis Gallion
There are some people who prefer to use the mail list(s) and there those who prefer to use the forum(s). Personally I dislike forums, but this is my personal preference and choice. Nevertheless, there are people who use both and therefore inform those in the "place x" of what they have read about a problem/solution in the "place y" and so exchange the information from one source of information to the other source of information. However, not all people do this and so it pays to look for answers to problems in both the forum(s) and the mail list to see if you can find the answer to your question/problem. Also, the mail lists seem to be patronised by those who actually can do something about problems and have a better solution to problems - but that is my opinion (as I said, I don't go for forums). My personal view is that forums are patronised by people who are happy to hide behind avatars and funny aliases whereas mail lists are patronised by the more serious people. BC -- And God created Woman; and to repent He then created Beer. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org