From: zevans@nyx.cs.du.edu (Zack Evans) Subject: Re: RFD on splitting comp.os.linux Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1993 01:20:58 GMT
In article <1993May26.140405.11359@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> barrett@pamsrc.enet.dec.com writes:
>
>I'd like to second the motion for splitting up c.o.l., and have the following
>suggestions:
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>comp.os.linux or comp.os.linux.misc miscellaneous linux discussion
>comp.os.linux.announce announcements (moderated)
>comp.os.linux.bugs bug reports and patches
>comp.os.linux.newusers Beginners and installation
> problems
>comp.os.linux.networking uucp, news, tcp, nfs, etc.
>
>
>and perhaps:
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>comp.os.linux.68k 680x0 Linux (atari, amiga)
Well, at least half the lines in my kill file seem to be about SCSI or
other disk controllers, so perhaps something along the lines of
comp.os.linux.hardware or comp.os.linux.setup is needed. This would
also include monitor problems, come to think of it, so it's not such a
bad idea. Just a thought.