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Posted Apr 30, 2008 14:22 UTC (Wed) by proski (subscriber, #104)
Parent article: VIA's open source driver development portal

"Fedora Core 8.0" is in "Legacy" for some reason. I don't feel good about running prepackaged software if its packagers could not even get the distro name right. "Debian Linux" (shouldn't it be " Debian GNU/Linux") is in "Legacy" too.

Maybe they should have shown the site to people with a clue before making an announcement. And having working forums right away would help too.


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Posted Apr 30, 2008 14:54 UTC (Wed) by holgerschurig (guest, #6714) [Link]

Why do you want a *forum*?  A mailing lists (and probably added to 
gmane.org) would suffice.

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Posted Apr 30, 2008 16:31 UTC (Wed) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link]

VIA promises a forum "later this year". My point is that they are turning off potential contributors by making an announcement before they are ready.

I agree, mailing lists are more useful. I've seen many users asking strange questions in mailing lists after being mislead in forums by people who don't know what they are talking about.

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Posted Apr 30, 2008 15:37 UTC (Wed) by felixrabe (guest, #50514) [Link]

Bottom of the "Legacy" page: "About Arena"

"Dud links and feedback about the site" -> "Please email the Editor."

http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?PageID=24

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