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[Luther Goh Lu Feng <elfgoh@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- On Tue, 4/14/09, dave slaughter <slaughter.dave@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: dave slaughter <slaughter.dave@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Lubuntu-desktop]  Hello world testing
> To: lubuntu-desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 2:28 AM
> Sorry Luther,
> I sent this to you instead of the right email adress.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Luther Goh Lu Feng <elfgoh@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
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> I am not sure if there are any ladies in here... So good
> day Ladies and Gentlemen.
> 
> 
> 
> As we get nearer to the Jaunty release, I thought that it
> will be a
> good move to start chit chatting a bit to see how we want
> this project
> to move.
> 
> 
> 
> Anyway, I am currently contributing to http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXDE:Question,
> as I find that LXDE seems to lack a quality FAQ and newbie
> guide. Hence
> I am contributing to this in my limited free time, by
> looking at
> questions asked in the forum.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I am also hoping to build a SG based LXDE team. So I am
> spreading the
> word by talking to students. I am involved with NUS Linux
> Users' Group
> (aka linuxNUS).
> 
> 
> 
> I would also like to ask which irc channel /server we
> should use... and
> also whether we should advertise/recruit for Lubuntu in
> lxde forums and
> ubuntu forums.
> 
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> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> 
> Luther aka Lu Feng
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> I think that using the #lxde irc
> channel is ok for shooting around ideas for LXDE itself,
> but maybe
> making and registering a #lubuntu irc channel would be good
> too, maybe
> use the same sever as Ubuntu uses for their irc channel, or
> even use irc.oftc.net, like the #lxde
> channel.
> 
> 
> As for advertising/recruiting, maybe. This is the reason, I
> am the
> dev for LinuxMint LXDE CE as well, and I have a ton ppl
> that ask me
> every day if they can be part of the team, alot them I have
> to answer
> question on the irc channel about basic Linux things, like
> how to
> install a theme, or how to change menu items in Gnome,
> while others are
> true Linux gurus, but weeding them out takes more time than
> colaborating with the main LinuxMint dev team itself, so
> while it is
> usefull for getting some true tallent, it can also cause
> issues if
> someone who knows "just enough" manages to get on
> the team, and then
> starts slowing things down with questions like "How do
> you make a
> window border theme for LXDE?" and that can take away
> from solving real
> issues like how do we fix the random menu dissapearing in
> the LXPanel
> 0.4. So it has its ups and its downs. I think being careful
> of who is
> let into the dev team is going to be very impotant in the
> comming times.
> 
> 
> Dave, aka, McLovin, aka, Slaughter5
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AFAIK, #ubuntu on irc.ubuntu.com is the same as the one on #ubuntu at irc.freenode.net. I would vote for having #lubuntu on freenode. If it is useful, we could get #lubuntu-devel as well. Incidentally, I also notice that a lot of people enter #lxde @freenode, but often then not, many people there are not knowledgable enough to answer, or nobody responds due to the lack of active people. So having a stronger presence on freenode could be beneficial for LXDE.

I don't have much experience in Open Source Projects like many here, but would like to suggest that though we may need to be stringent about who gets to do actual development, we should also ensure that there are channels (eg documentation, faq) conducive to build up the less experienced contributors. 

I look forward to more inputs from the rest of the Lubuntu team.


Cheers, 

Luther aka Lu Feng aka elfgoh