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From: T o n g on 17 Nov 2009 23:40 On Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:51:31 +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: >>> my .02 is that the list doesn't seem to have quite the breadth of >>> traffic it has had before. But that's a cursory observation at best. >> >> This seem to back that up. >> >> http://lists.debian.org/stats/debian-user.png > > Thanks for the link. Did you however notice that membership is at an > all-time high? Good sign according to me. Yeah, I hold that view as well. > I think the quality of > questions are also rising (cursory observation) I feel the same (can't back it up). > so maybe more newbies > are running to Ubuntu. Isn't it a good thing? I think it is amazingly good. Take a look at all those questions asked in the Ubuntu forum, >90% are tasteless. What's worse, (have you flipped down several index pages?), the questions on the 4th or 5th pages are just asked hours ago! I think the "huge success" of Ubuntu is becoming the huge disaster for it at the same time. With such huge traffic, any question that need a little more thinking would be neglected. I recently asked a question there, and on noticing the above fact, I didn't even bother to bump up my question. Why bother? Several hours later it will end up on 6th pages again. -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org
From: Dotan Cohen on 18 Nov 2009 02:10
> Isn't it a good thing? I think it is amazingly good. Take a look at all > those questions asked in the Ubuntu forum, >90% are tasteless. What's > worse, (have you flipped down several index pages?), the questions on the > 4th or 5th pages are just asked hours ago! I think the "huge success" of > Ubuntu is becoming the huge disaster for it at the same time. With such > huge traffic, any question that need a little more thinking would be > neglected. > > I recently asked a question there, and on noticing the above fact, I > didn't even bother to bump up my question. Why bother? Several hours > later it will end up on 6th pages again. > That is precicely why the quality of the Debian list has improved. The gurus know that thier important question will be over the Ubuntites' heads, and they ask here. For me, it comes down to this: Trivial questions that google should have answered but didn't: Ubuntu list Tough questions that require specialized knowledge: Debian list Software recomendations and hardware problems: Fedora list The probelm with that approach is that I tend to bikeshed on the Debian list as I try to help where I can, but my personal knowledge is below the list average. But I read and experiment a lot, so I learn. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org |