Looking for some linux support contributors...

Brian Jester · External Since: Aug 17, 2009 Posts: 2

Hi All,

I have just started an 'old school' bbs project which is based on
Linux Support for everyone! I am looking for individuals (with any
experience level) to post what ever they know about their Linux
Distribution (or any distro for that matter) on the bbs. The bbs is
organized by group (Linux Distribution), and areas pertaining to that
group.

Note: When you first sign into the board, you will need to create an
account which should only take a couple of
minutes max. Also, you will need to leave a message to me telling me
you want to post as a contributor to the board. I'm running this full-
time, so I will be there to answer your page if you have a
question.please put your messages in appropriate group / area as this
is a community oriented bbs and I think others will enjoy finding
information in the areas they look into. You may also post general
discussion messages as well!

Thank you! I look forward to seeing you on the board, and let's build
a Huge Support Community with no Linux Distribution untouched!

The Linux Support Network - telnet://lsn.zapto.org
your sysop, bbsbrian

houghi · External Since: Apr 25, 2004 Posts: 3249

Brian Jester wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have just started an 'old school' bbs project which is based on
> Linux Support for everyone! I am looking for individuals (with any
> experience level) to post what ever they know about their Linux
> Distribution (or any distro for that matter) on the bbs. The bbs is
> organized by group (Linux Distribution), and areas pertaining to that
> group.

Yeah, that is great as there is way too much concentration of knowledge.
It is much better to spread it out as much as possible.

If people did not recognize it, that was sarcasm.

The only reason for a bbs type is because people have slow connections
and thus are forced to use CLI. Well, Usenet works over CLI. Usenet even
is organized by group and areas pertaining to that group.
Websites can be read with lynx, links, w3m and such.

So unless you can come up with something that realy would be needed, I
am against it.

That is if this is not just spam and a way to get emailadresses from
people and then some sort of access to their machines.

--
houghi

> The businessworld is like prison and M$ made everybody their bitch.

Moe Trin · External Since: Aug 12, 2004 Posts: 1732

On 18 Aug 2009, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.suse, in article
<slrnh8kn5n.1ogv.houghi.RemoveThis@xs2.xs4all.nl>, houghi wrote:

>Brian Jester wrote:

>> I have just started an 'old school' bbs project which is based on
>> Linux Support for everyone! I am looking for individuals (with any
>> experience level) to post what ever they know about their Linux
>> Distribution (or any distro for that matter) on the bbs.

>Yeah, that is great as there is way too much concentration of knowledge.
>It is much better to spread it out as much as possible.

You've noticed that.

>The only reason for a bbs type is because people have slow connections
>and thus are forced to use CLI. Well, Usenet works over CLI. Usenet
>even is organized by group and areas pertaining to that group.

[compton ~]$ grep -c linux .newsrc
1160
[compton ~]$ grep -c alt.linux .newsrc
11
[compton ~]$ grep -c alt.os.linux .newsrc
46
[compton ~]$ grep -c comp.os.linux .newsrc
117
[compton ~]$ grep -c ^linux .newsrc
326
[compton ~]$

Amazing!

>That is if this is not just spam and a way to get emailadresses from
>people and then some sort of access to their machines.

Well, in a thirteen minute span, he managed to spew over:

<03f6213a-315f-4091-833f-4db59dc5ac1c.RemoveThis@f10g2000vbf.googlegroups.com>
alt.os.linux.debian

<4e993d6d-e4ca-43a6-876b-1f1acc4a4210.RemoveThis@p23g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>
alt.os.linux.gentoo

<1007da8b-929e-4280-a4b4-2cb36595f36d.RemoveThis@d21g2000vbm.googlegroups.com>
alt.os.linux.mandriva

<50611734-7e98-4e2e-9241-6aa4a83b4616.RemoveThis@z28g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>
alt.os.linux.redhat

<83375962-c2db-4586-a32c-4a59f5f78ecd.RemoveThis@z34g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>
alt.os.linux.suse

<1591de42-dfe3-4f3a-ac50-2693da6eb2b9.RemoveThis@d4g2000vbm.googlegroups.com>
alt.os.linux

<ed207c35-fe60-47b5-a182-cd6b3e11c5d8.RemoveThis@o13g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>
alt.os.linux

<f3b7e84b-c08d-4bdd-95b9-542557279b89.RemoveThis@l31g2000vbp.googlegroups.com>
alt.os.linux.dial-up

at least - I killfile posts from googlegroups.com in a number of
newsgroups just because of spammers like him, so I may have avoided
seeing more of his noise elsewhere.

Old guy

Eef Hartman · External Since: Jul 12, 2009 Posts: 11

Moe Trin wrote:
> <83375962-c2db-4586-a32c-4a59f5f78ecd.TakeThisOut@z34g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>
> alt.os.linux.suse

He did it in alt.os.linux.slackware too, I think he spammed all the
groups with "linux" in the name.
--
Eef Hartman, Delft University of Technology, dept. SSC/ICT

Moe Trin · External Since: Aug 12, 2004 Posts: 1732

On Wed, 19 Aug 2009, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.suse, in article
<8c454$4a8bce79$83b42a35$16694@news1.tudelft.nl>, Eef Hartman wrote:

Moe Trin wrote:

>> <83375962-c2db-4586-a32c-4a59f5f78ecd.DeleteThis@z34g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>
>> alt.os.linux.suse

>He did it in alt.os.linux.slackware too, I think he spammed all the
>groups with "linux" in the name.

[compton ~]$ grep -c linux ../newsrc
1160
[compton ~]$

Not quite. These two were hit around 01:10:00 -0700 today.

<4991fb5a-aba7-4159-98ab-0fc58c67a53a.DeleteThis@24g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>
alt.linux

<33354096-4643-47ca-9745-649a8374a9bd.DeleteThis@g31g2000yqc.googlegroups.com>
alt.linux.redhat

I suspect he's working his way through all of groups as he finds them,
and he may eventually notice the 17 comp.os.linux.* groups listed in
the Big-Eight list, never mind the hundred or so unofficial groups in
that name sequence. Late news: he has now hit comp.os.linux.*.

Old guy