Hi, On Sun, Jul 28, 2024 at 06:15:21PM +0100, Ian Molton wrote: > Which web forum has the commuity moved to then? I should like to join it...
Sadly, the Debian project is not willing to move with the times and bless a modern web support community such as Discourse (a Stack Overflow or AskUbuntu-like interface, for those who are unaware). They tried a couple of times to launch such a thing but without any official support and very little advertising, no one used it and the efforts faltered each time. Without a concerted effort to drive user support to such a place, I don't think it's worth trying again. There is a Debian web forum which is not official and I wouldn't recommend it. So we soldier on with this mailing list which has a dwindling appeal just because email itself has a dwindling appeal, as well as all of the list's other deficiencies as a support venue. This is not a popular view here as there are a small number of prolific posters here who enjoy holding court. Overall though, I don't think users want to use email for support. In summary I think the answer to your question is "the support venues of other distributions". If not wanting to change distribution you could try posting questions on ServerFault or Unix&Linux Stack Exchange. If you're specifically wanting to interact with Debian developers though, as previously mentioned you really have to engage with the Debian bug tracking system. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting
