On Tuesday 17 February 2009 14:23:23 Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > Compiling a Kernel was a new thing in 1995, when I started doing it. Now
> > it's usually not necessary for the average user to do, and IMHO saying
> > that you had to do it to access a device would scare away the average new
> > user.
> >
> > As for writing a driver, it's not a noob thing, it's not even an "expert"
> > thing.
> >
> > I expect that the number of people who have even read a driver's source
> > code on this list could be counted on the fingers of one hand.
>
> Exactly. The distinction between noob and experienced posts is too
> blurry today to justify two lists. Especially when there is
> essentially _no_traffic_ on the noobs list (I subscribed yesterday and
> there have been no messages so far).
There is indeed very little traffic on GNUbies-IL . I expect most new Linux
users ask on web-forums instead of on mailing lists. I'm still a GNUbies-IL
admin in case someone posts, and am subscribed there to answer any questions
that people may have.
I personally support accepting beginners' posts here on Linux-IL, assuming
there will be any. I don't expect the added traffic to overwhelm Linux-IL, and
it may lead to interesting more advanced or more philosophical discussions.
Some beginners may be intimidated by the more advanced questions, but I doubt
it will be an issue. In any case, maintaining GNUbies-IL is not time consuming
at all, so I'm perfectly fine keeping it in its mostly-dormant condition.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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