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Unofficial Ubuntu Linux Forums

Posted by timothy on from the keep-it-friendly-in-there dept.

ubuntu-geek writes "The Unofficial Ubuntu Linux forum (ubuntuforums.org) was created to fill a niche in the Ubuntu Linux Community. New and Current Ubuntu users who do not wish to receive large amounts of email from the mailing lists can benefit from this resource. There is a special forum that grabs posts from the Official Ubuntu Users mailing list allowing complete interaction."

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  1. What's with all the Ubuntu stories? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    There have been more Ubuntu stories over the past couple of months than every other distro put together, and it's only a relatively new distro. What gives? Has it already amassed the hundreds of thousands of users necessary to make an unofficial forum big news? Someone's just dumped a copy of phpbb on a new domain a couple of days ago. How is this "stuff that matters"?

    1. Re:What's with all the Ubuntu stories? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

      Ubuntu has went from 0 to position #8 on distrowatch in the last month thats some news IMO... The mailing lists are crawling with users..

    2. Re:What's with all the Ubuntu stories? by Cthefuture · · Score: 5, Informative

      Yes, it's that good. It's still growing but it's worth a try.

      This is the first distro that has even come close to competing with Windows while still having the Linux feel/flavor. I don't know if that was their intention but usually the best stuff is so good that it far exeeds its original intention.

      One of the main things I like about Ubuntu is that the base install doesn't include ten thousand various apps and fill the application menus with thousands of icons and other choices that I'll never use.

      If you look at the Windows model, when you need some application, you realize you need it, install it, then it shows up in the menus. Too many Linux distros install too much crap all at once. I end up never using the GUI because all the menus are cluttered with crap I never use. Ubuntu provides a clean office-oriented base install without too much crap. I can then install the crap I want from Ubuntu/Debian's huge repository.

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      The ratio of people to cake is too big
    3. Re:What's with all the Ubuntu stories? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      They have only made a prerelease. Warty Warthog is going to be released on October 20th. http://wiki.ubuntulinux.org/WartyWarthog_2fRelease Schedule

  2. Re:Mailinglists, forums and.. by cloudless.net · · Score: 3, Informative

    Newsgroup:
    nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user

    Web interface:
    http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.user