[BadVista Advocate] Help "Hotline"

[Ringo Kamens]

I also remember when I was a uber-noob that I didn't do IRC because it
was too damn scary.
Comrade Ringo Kamens

On 5/1/07, Jacob Maynard <indymaynard at maynard.homelinux.com> wrote:
> A forum would be okay, but that defeats the "real-time" strategem, you
> know? But IRC would be okay, as long as it was well advertised, and it
> didn't require any additional software. I know that when I was uber-noob,
> I didn't ever use IRC because I thought you had to download another piece
> of software. I think that other people would feel the same way. Especially
> people who don't understand the idea of chatrooms, like your common user.
>
> But if it came with the promise of speaking to a "real person," I think
> people would be okay with downloading TeamSpeak. Just a thought.
>
> Jacob
>
> > I think a IRC chat room will be easier for all the people, and what do you
> > think abt starting a forum :D just an idea tell me if you like the idea :P
> >
> > On 5/2/07, Ringo Kamens <2600denver at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> It's a great idea. I don't have a fast enough connection for it but I
> >> would love to see it happen.
> >> Comrade Ringo Kamens
> >>
> >> On 5/1/07, Jacob Maynard <indymaynard at maynard.homelinux.com> wrote:
> >> > I just had a great idea. Of course, it's going to take a lot of other
> >> > people to say it's great to make it great. But if we were to set up a
> >> > chat-room and TeamSpeak server, we could use it as the GNU/Linux
> >> > "Hotline." If even a couple of people monitored it at a time, we could
> >> > assist people in real-time get their GNU/Linux systems fixed or setup.
> >> I
> >> > have a slow connection because my ISP sucks, but I have a TeamSpeak
> >> server
> >> > setup. I'd be willing to donate some bandwidth and time. Unless FSF
> >> would
> >> > be willing to setup a TeamSpeak server for that purpose.
> >> >
> >> > Jacob
> >> >
> >> >
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