Comments on: On the passing of Other OS Talk http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/on-the-passing-of-other-os-talk/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: richs-lxh http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/on-the-passing-of-other-os-talk/#comment-38985 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:35:31 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/on-the-passing-of-other-os-talk/#comment-38985 Well, I started a Distro test thread there a few years back with another member who is also no longer a community member. Everybody had the chance to report back on distros which they had tested and offer up suggestions for newbies, or people looking for something that would offer a change from Ubuntu.

One of my fondest memories of the OOT board was the lack of distro-bashing. There were a few silly comments (mostly from inexperienced users) but in general it was a great place to hang out and join in the banter.

At the end of the day, as time moves on, things change. I have seen many changes over the last 3-4 years at UF, some good, some bad, but nevertheless it’s good to see the community evolving and changing as opposed to stagnating.

Keeping the forum games board, but discontinuing OOT is a mistake in my opinion, but I am no longer a user of UF anyway.

]]> By: nitehawk http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/on-the-passing-of-other-os-talk/#comment-38623 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:56:10 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/on-the-passing-of-other-os-talk/#comment-38623 Yes,…I was also very disappointed to see the “Other OS” dropped on UF,….
I had gotten to enjoy dropping in on the discussions.

]]> By: Naiki Muliaina http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/on-the-passing-of-other-os-talk/#comment-38619 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 10:50:58 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/on-the-passing-of-other-os-talk/#comment-38619 Didnt realy think about it untill you said it in your post.

“And now I have to say it: Drop Other OS Talk but keep Community Cafe Games?!”

Whats that about? :(

Has there ever been a more pointless naffy forum? Im also saddened to say i dont think id go to the ‘other OS forum’. Its just not Ubuntu forums is it? Its a great idea, but i think ill be using some of the already established Linux forums for my ‘other os’ talk.

]]> By: wolf http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/on-the-passing-of-other-os-talk/#comment-38562 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:54:36 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/on-the-passing-of-other-os-talk/#comment-38562 I’m not much into TBD, 6th floor theories either Mandla but I occum’s razor does suggest that someone found the support of other distributions disturbing especially when they allow tripe like you mentioned above to survive.

At the very least, it was handled poorly leaving the above theory credible.

]]> By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/on-the-passing-of-other-os-talk/#comment-38559 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:56:41 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/on-the-passing-of-other-os-talk/#comment-38559 Well, I don’t know. From my experience on staff that would be a stretch, unless the general demeanor has changed in the past few months. For my own part this is just not one of the conspiracy theories I would join into.

And if that were the case, wouldn’t it make more sense to keep those threads out of sight, rather than the new system, which pushes most of them into the Community Cafe? That would be more publicity, rather than less. … Just thinking out loud. …

]]> By: Primo http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/on-the-passing-of-other-os-talk/#comment-38541 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:42:29 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/on-the-passing-of-other-os-talk/#comment-38541 I am sure it was closed because they do not want people to switch from ubuntu.

http://ubuntucorner.blogspot.com/2009/02/closing-of-other-os-talk.html

]]> By: kmod http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/on-the-passing-of-other-os-talk/#comment-38538 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:44:44 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/on-the-passing-of-other-os-talk/#comment-38538 Dr Small, that new website is absolutely unlike what we had on Ubuntu Forums. The main difference being that it’s NOT on Ubuntu Forums. It’s nice that the new forum has many of the regulars, but how do you replace the random expertise or ideas of people that stumble upon the OOT on Ubuntu Forums every once in a while? I highly doubt they’ll be willing to sign on to some new forum just to post a couple of thoughts they have on Gentoo.

]]> By: Dr Small http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/on-the-passing-of-other-os-talk/#comment-38537 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:17:57 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/on-the-passing-of-other-os-talk/#comment-38537 I’m not sure if you know or not, but we have restarted the Other OS Talk forum on Grubbn.org. You are free to join and chat with the old regulars from the Ubuntu Forums Other OS Talk Forum. Most of us are there, and there are still more users joining :)

http://grubbn.org/otheros

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