Is MX forums the best OS Linux forums? [Solved]

[asinoro]

I am answering this question knowing It is not fair to ask this at the MX forums, but I will try to be as objective as possible:

1. According to my estimations, MX forums has the higher rank of Solved topics. Topics which are mostly real and not made by administrators to keep the forums active!
2. There is a fast response to a new topic.
3. They ask the general information of the OS from the person who has the problem, output of inxi, so that the person gets the best help from the forum.
4. They try to make new apps according to the needs of the users, which come of PPAs or other sources.
5. They constantly introduce new tools.

Well, if I miss something, you can add it!

Suggestion: There are topics which probably are solved, but the users do not refer them. Maybe an administrator can follow the topics and remind the users for the outcome. In this way, the rating of solved posts will increase.

[artytux]

Suggestion: There are topics which probably are solved, but the users do not refer them. Maybe an administrator can follow the topics and remind the users for the outcome. In this way, the rating of solved posts will increase.

Not just here at MX Linux forum but alot of many Linux help forums people ask and get what solves 'their problem' and it is fixed , OK , wonderful,
there is no info, none at all that that solution worked or didnot work for other people reading that thread
so if you have a similar problem TUFF , you just didn't find anything useful , again TUFF.
So I ask is it fair to other Linux user - to not take the time (O0h a few minutes) to just simply press the check box on the solution
Having to guess if that or this thing worked is time consuming, better if you are fortunate to have an extra machine to do the tries and errors
The knowledge that comes with years of Linux/computer use is upon the individual user's time on Linux with these machines not everyone has access to that time to spend happily looking through our install.

I not be an admin, so do they have the time to spare chasing ?.

[Eadwine Rose]

1. Topics which are mostly real.
All topics made are 100% real and made by users. We don't have the time nor the energy to create fake topics.

3. I wish I didn't have to ask all the time. It IS in the rules, after all.

As for the reminder.. you have no idea how much work keeping up a forum is, let alone keep an eye on all the topics AND then ask everyone to get them marked. I have enough work asking for that QSI as it is.

[j2mcgreg]

@asinoro wrote:

Suggestion: There are topics which probably are solved, but the users do not refer them. Maybe an administrator can follow the topics and remind the users for the outcome. In this way, the rating of solved posts will increase.

A fair number of posters are one shots and by that I mean that they post a problem, they get an outcome, and they leave. We can and do remind these folks to mark their topics as solved knowing that, sometimes, it will never happen and it is our policy not to do it for them.

Are we the best? Certainly we are the best for MX, but for Linux in general it really depends on the itch a poster wants to scratch.

[MadMax]

I'm registered in some other Linux forums as well (I also use and test out other distributions), but this is by far my most active one. From my experience the community is a big part of what MX as good as it is and this forum is its central hub.

PS: asinoro, in your signature you're advertising a non-optimal way to mark a topic as solved by editing the title. The correct way is to click on the Solved-Button of a user's post that solved the problem which puts "[Solved]" as green text into the title

[Leo]

Yes.

[asinoro]

PS: asinoro, in your signature you're advertising a non-optimal way to mark a topic as solved by editing the title. The correct way is to click on the Solved-Button of a user's post that solved the problem which puts "[Solved]" as green text into the title

Thanks, I fixed it, I made this comment since there is no like button!

[MXRobo]

...3. I wish I didn't have to ask all the time. It IS in the rules, after all.

As for the reminder.. you have no idea how much work keeping up a forum is, let alone keep an eye on all the topics AND then ask everyone to get them marked. I have enough work asking for that QSI as it is.

I've always put forth a little effort to try to organized things efficiently, whatever it was, and I know that this is none of my business, but I always thought there would be a few things that the forum administers MIGHT consider.

First, the forum devs, admins, moderators, etc. are taking their time in an attempt to do the members a favor, therefore the members should show the courtesy of following and reading the posting rules. And the devs, et. al. often show a lot of patience with the members.

I'm sure the admins have handy C&P quips such as:
"Please use code tags when posting code, makes for an easier to read output. Thanks :)"
"Please post your QSI. ( MX Menu, Quick System Info, Copy for Forum, Paste here )"
and "And please post text output as text, not as screenshot, thanks."

First, I couldn't answer the questions, but if I could, I generally probably wouldn't show as much patience with some members. If they followed the rules, I might be more patient, but not if they aren't willing to read and genuinely try to abide by the rules to make it easier for BOTH parties in an attempt to make it a win-win situation.
The devs et. al. know why they request the QSI.
The devs et. al. are not prescient.

I'd request an appropriate title.
I'd request that they present the entire "picture" of how, who, what, where, when, why of any steps taken.
How, who, what, where, when, why they did that preceding the problem, or what may have caused it.
How, who, what, where, when, why they did in an attempt to fix the problem, etc. etc.
Don't expect mind readers.

This of course would be situationally specific, but I'd try to incentivize the members to abide by the rules with rewards and minor inconveniences, with "solved" being a reward.

Instead of telling them to: ""Please post your QSI. ( MX Menu, Quick System Info, Copy for Forum, Paste here )"
I'd reply with a link, they would have the minor inconvenience of opening the link, linked to the specific rule that they didn't follow.
[Or, it could link them them to all of the rules, let them read the entire rules and figure out which one(s) they didn't follow.]

If the the first option, it would automatically include two other links:
2 – the rule stating to read the rules, with the rules included.
3 – the last part of the rule (which would have to be amended), stating that if you don't follow the rules, and the admins have to to "link" you X number of times consecutively [I like three (3)], or "link" you once per X number of post, then you're account is locked for X number or days.

Again, this of course would be situationally specific, and at the devs, admins et. al.'s discretion.

There's always someone who wants special consideration (for unlocking), but to emphasize the point, I might mention something like.

Locking exceptions for special situations, possibly, we once had a quadriplegic member that was jackknifed in a xxxxxxx-house that was in the post spontaneous combustion stage, but we requested that he submit supporting evidence such as interior and exterior photos – maybe you can be the first to be granted an exception.

Have a nice day!
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Nice catch MadMax!
Yes, the MX forum is great - and often ironic.

[aika]

I'm registered in some other Linux forums ...

MX-Linux is the best Linux. But there are more tolerant forums where helpful nerds are welcome and admin/moderators are not kings.

[Eadwine Rose]

MX-Linux is the best Linux. But there are more tolerant forums where helpful nerds are welcome and admin/moderators are not kings.

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