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Welcome to the Board. What is this Board about?

Postby kamika » 27 Jun 2004, 10:33

Hello :)

Yellow Dog Linux is a Linux distribution derived from the famous Red Hat Linux distribution but operates on PowerPC computers. (1)

This board is here to help YDL users to communicate, ask questions, solve problems and to get in contact to share ideas and thoughts.
The board is not run by YDL. I set it up myself with permission of YDL to support the product. Even though I am a Mac and YDL user
for less then two weeks, I am absolutely conviced that Yellow Dog Linux is the right OS to be installed on my system.

You might wonder why there is a Community Board even though there is a Mailing List.

A Bulletin Board is more or less a differnt form of a mailing list. (2)(3)
  • A Mailing List is a "point to multipoint" form of commuication.
    This means that all subscribers of a list will get the new message via email.
  • A Bulletin Board is a "point to server" form of communication.
    The server stores all information in a place in the internet (e.g. this board) and makes them available to everyone who visits this place.
    The information on a board is usually more categorized, making it easier for you to find information by entering the right section of the board.

Like almost everything in daily life it comes down personal taste.
Some people prefer a mailinglist to a board or they choose to use a newsgroup.
In order to choose you favorite you have to try.
So I would like you to try this board, it's 100% fat free :?

Special thanks to AJ Hawks, Owen Stampflee and Kai Staats.

Have a nice time.
kamika

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(1) visit http://www.yellowdoglinux.com and http://www.fixstars.com/en/
(2)John December's 'Units Of Analysis For Internet Communication' http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol1/issue4/vol1no4.html
(3)Full feature set of the board we use http://www.phpbb.com/features.php
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