Re: [LAU] new! linuxmusicians.com

Ivica Ico Bukvic wrote:
>
> I certainly agree some consolidation could be a good thing. What I am
> wondering about though, is the possibility of truly using the
> linuxaudio.org <http://linuxaudio.org> as a portal. In order to do
> this I think several things would be needed from my standpoint....
>
> See http://portal.linuxaudio.org <http://portal.linuxaudio.org/>
>
>
> 1. A centralized basic information about all applications (wiki
> already in existance, good start)
>
> http://apps.linuxaudio.org <http://apps.linuxaudio.org/> has all apps
> that have been a part of Dave’s website. They can be also sorted
> according to jack/ladspa/whatever support and entries are open to
> community contributions. There were a number of people here very vocal
> how they would not contribute to a wiki that was password protected.
> Well, it hasn been open access since its introduction little over a
> year ago, yet we had little or no contributions since. It would be
> nice if we would be as determined about our contributions as we are
> about our preferences, no?
>
> 2. A centralized repository of general linux audio information(ie What
> is realtime, why/when should you use it, FAQs etc.)
>
> http://lowlatency.linuxaudio.org/ (yes, it could be much better,
> volunteers are always welcome)
>
>
> 3. A centralized place to go for announcements from all projects at
> once...
>
> http://lists.linuxaudio.org <http://lists.linuxaudio.org/>
>
> we are hoping to also implement forum.linuxaudio.org
>
Ah that's new for me! I posted some questions and suggestions on the
list, but didn't receive much reaction...

Maybe it is possible to change www.linuxmusicians.com to
forum.linuxaudio.org... Then you have already members and a moderator ;)
And you don't have two such forums...

But this is something you should discuss with 'nathan' the forum
boss.... I'm just a 'user' ....

Dirk

>
> - This would likely entail using a RSS feeds for all members of the
> linuxaudio consortium, and subscribing to those feeds to be displayed
> on the news page. I am sure there is a better way, but this is what
> sticks out to me at the moment, filtering of the announcements might
> be necessary. I suppose another option would be to utilize the
> linux-audio-announce mailing list instead so as to have a natural
> filter preventing things like general informational posts.
>
> Linuxaudio.org main page has RSS feeds.
>
>
> 4. I am not against a centralized forum either, however I think app
> specific forums and websites are still a good thing, which leads to
> the next point couple of points...
> 5. Tight integration between all of the above. On the wiki we have
> links to the forums for those peices of software, or from the FAQ/Info
> sections links to the forums, or from the Forums to the wikis, with
> the news announcements a link to the wiki for the software the
> announcement is about, etc.
>
> This is in progress but again, most of the work you’ve seen so far has
> been the fruit of maybe half-dozen people including myself.
>
>
> 6. A single login for linuxaudio... And I don't just mean
> linuxaudio.org <http://linuxaudio.org>, but all member projects if
> possible. This is the one most difficult to implement, and probably
> most contreversial, but would allay some of the problems that Dave and
> others have, which is having to sign up for hundreds of forums with
> logins to remember etc. Having one place to go for that would be
> great. This could tie into the centralized forums, by having direct
> links to each of the projects individual forums, if applicable, and
> auto-login. OpenID is making good strides in this area, but as I
> mentioned I do expect this to be the most contreversial of my
> suggestions I suppose, along with still being the most difficult to
> implement.
>
> See above. Some users complain about having to log in so we left it
> open for the sake of greatest possible target audience.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> ico
>
>
> But the goal with these would be to provide a single portal, from
> which you can get all levels of help by utilizing all the availiable
> resources out there.
>
> Seablade
>
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