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06-06-2003, 02:26 AM
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Full-fledged Linux/UNIX forum
How cubbyholed I feel in this so-called Linux sub-forum ...oh if only we had a real forum... isolation.  Quote:
"Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)"
Cubby Cub"by (k?b"b?), Cubbyhole Cub"by*hole` (-h?l`), n.
See Cub a stall.
A snug or confined place.
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So many times I see a post in Apps & Opps that belongs in Tech Support or some other forum.....
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06-06-2003, 03:20 AM
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Seems like the 'nix questions have dropped off ever since they split the Apps 'n OSs forum,though they were still turning up in the main forum for awhile.
I guess things will pick up when Redhat or Mandrake put out a new release;folks seem to regain interest when that happens. 
lynch
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06-06-2003, 10:51 AM
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I dont mind the stub forum, it saves me having to pick through the threads...assuming people post in the correct location.
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06-06-2003, 12:26 PM
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Call me a paranoid pessimist, but I somehow think the "sub-forum" (can't even get here from the Forum Jump) is the result of complaints like:
"Like whats with all the annoying Lyneaxe posts in Apps & Opps?
Like I mean I go to find out how to get the "Going-Down-On-You-Now-stroke-your-ego" Word-XP macros working in Win98SE on my tripple-boot Win98/2K/XP box and my question just gets burried under all these Lyneaxe zealots posts.
Like it's obivous this site cators only to those Lineaxe religious goons because I couldn't find any other forum to post my networking-graphics-webdesign-hardware-gaming-techsupport-how-much-ram-in-win98-general-technical questions in..."
When in truth -aside from the sub-forum- they're all Basically Windows forums by defacto monopoly.
I sincerely hope the Linux sub-forum is not the result of requests by Linux users -please say it isn't so.
BTW- I just got an XP-Pro sticker license for $50 ...Why? Tech support baby .... I still do tech support for a Windows World.
For Microsoft 99% is not enough...
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06-06-2003, 12:31 PM
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06-06-2003, 12:34 PM
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CMonster: I believe it was proposed and implemented to see how it went over. From what i remember it was warmly accepted as it at least separated things a bit.
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06-06-2003, 04:05 PM
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personally i'm fine with just a sub-forum, because really if we did that we would need to create 2 main forums, windows and *nix which would create issues when dealing with cross-platform questions. of course i could be wrong and we might actually never get those questions...my 2 cents
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06-06-2003, 07:52 PM
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I kind of agree with CMonster. I suggested a Linux/Unix forum quite a while back and the thread was basically ignored. Then all of a sudden months later there is a Linux sub-forum. It's like we're being told to go play in the back yard while the adults hold serious conversations.
I really think a full fledged forum linked from the main forums page is in order.
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06-06-2003, 08:08 PM
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| groovy. I went looking under the Apps and OS section and found it out here
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06-06-2003, 08:11 PM
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The original subforum idea was suggested by many members, thus was implemented by request.
However, being the kind content director that I am  , plus a Linux user myself, I have created a true Linux/Unix forum for TechIMO. Enjoy!
Robert Richmond
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