Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] www.linuxaudiodev.com domain registered
From: Robert Jonsson (robert.jonsson_AT_dataductus.se)
Date: Tue Nov 21 2000 - 13:36:55 EET
Waytago!
Are you perhaps a mind reader? ;-)
I was just discussing with Jörn about a LAD beauty contest :-), no not
really, but some kind of campaign to spread the word about LAD's
existence. I was thinking of things like a banner on SourceForge.
It would be sad if developers or other linux &&/|| audio gurus fail to
read LAD because they do not know about it!
I have heard voices (I hear them all the time, shut up!!!) arguing that
it might be a bad thing to publicly announce LAD in such a way, the
mailing list will get too crowded. And I agree, I can't keep up with
much more traffic than it currently produces...
If we instead of announcing the LAD mailing list announce
www.linuxaudiodev.com I think we are on safe ground. Those who are
genuinely interested would read the site carefully and discover the
mailing list.
What do you think guys? Is it something to try and accomplish?
Regards
Robert
Benno Senoner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I registered the http://www.linuxaudiodev.com domain which for
> now points to the current LAD site (http://www.linuxdj.com/audio/lad)
>
> In the next 1-2 months I'll set up a slashdot-like site where the LAD
> folks can make their contributions.
> (basically everyone (endusers too, just like on slashdot) can submit
> articles but they need to be approved by one of the admins first.
> I'll hand out a few admin accounts for those wanting to contribute to
> the maintenance of the site. (hopefully Jörn and Paul Winkler (others are
> welcome too!) will continue their excellent work).
>
> Some scenarios include for example the ALSA folks posting weekly summaries
> of what's going on on alsa-devel, what new features the CVS version contain,
> eventual bugfixes, or the release of new stable versions etc.
> Or someone of the LAD folks could summarize what's going on on LAD on a weekly
> basis etc etc.
> Other useful topics would be news from the kernel front, like latest advances in
> the low-latency / preemptive kernel field etc.
>
> Later I plan an application database too, but custom tailored for audio apps.
> (where you can perform more fine grained searches, like midi sequencers,
> HD recorders etc).
> But for now the main site has priority
>
>
> Now you will say why ".com" and not ".org" ?
> Well, mainy to prevent "cybersquatting" which is quite popular these days.
>
>
> As for the story-engine I will be using, it will be Nope
> (http://nope.sourceforge.net )
>
> see http://www.ibooklinux.net for a nice site
>
> I have chosen Nope because slashcode/Zope is IMHO too complex to manage
> for a relatively small portal as the LAD-portal will be.
>
> Plus it is written in PHP which is easily customizable.
> (sorry but I have neither the time nor the necessary knowledge to hack on
> slashcode / zope to make eventual customizations and the added benefits of using
> these engines would be only marginal (if at all))
> One of the disadvantages of Nope is that it has a flat security model which
> means that all admins are equivalent, but that is not going to be a problem
> with only a 3-4 trusted admins.
>
> You will hear from me when I have something more concrete to show off.
>
> cheers,
> Benno.
>
>
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