On Mon 13 Apr 2020 at 10:13:33 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 12 apr 20, 10:55:48, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > > I've been hearing/reading this old saw about "less technical users" for > > well over two decades, and not just in Linux land but amateur radio as > > well, and it really touches a nerve of mine. How are less technical > > users ever going to progress into more technical users unless they have > > the opportunity to break something and thus learn? Striving to make > > *everything* at beginner level 0.1 just retards growth. That said, I do > > use Gnome. ;-) > > And I thought the point of debian-user was to provide support :)
It is and it does. The well-meaning idea to integrate its functions into something it was never intended for is misplaced. That's all apart from the many years of culture and co-operation which are woven into -users fabric. If the proposer and supporters of the idea that debian-user would be be better off in Discourse were prepared to engage here, we might have a better understanding of the intention. I fear such engagement will be conspicuous by its absence. A similar, less constrictive, idea has been tried before http://shapado.debian.net/ and has failed miserably. -- Brian.
