[Coco] Linux User

[Steve Stroh]

This will be my last post to the list before my "hiatus".

I subscribed to this list to learn more about CoCo subjects. In my
opinion, use of Linux to emulate or support CoCo is reasonable subject
matter for this list. But a long string of "I use X Linux and really
like it, and by the way..." posts, extending for more than a week now,
that's not reasonable subject matter for this list (again, in my
opinion).

To answer Salvador's question, I'm subscribed to several lists where
Linux is a subject that comes up. I don't want to create a email
filter that flushes posts on those lists (where they are relevant).
Yes, I suppose I could create a series of filters that eventually will
capture all the Linux posts just on the CoCo list, but...

It's apparent to me that more of those on this list want or don't care
about off-topic posts, than do care, and I'm in the minority so I'll
fix "my" problem with the off-topic posts and bow out.

See you in a month, perhaps.

Thanks,

Steve Stroh



On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 2:07 PM, Salvador Garcia via Coco
<coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
>  Hi John,
>
> No, Steve said he was unsubscribing to the list for a month because of the Linux chatter, Rietveld and I simply proposed an alternative so that his email client could ignore the post that was of no interest to him without having to do a complete withdrawal.
>
> Speaking of off-topic subjects, I would like to share my thoughts on this. If we start discussing at length alternate endings to Steven Spielberg's Jaws then that would be off topic. Linux, and dare I say, more so than Windows, is an important part of the CoCo world. From its roots to the development of CoCo software, it is part of the community. The original poster asked which distro people were using and instead of only one or two replies, we got dozens, only showing that Linux is an important part of what goes on with the CoCo.
>
> Personally, I am against going off-topic, but sometimes, when the topic is related to the core topic, I would like to think that I can ask my friends about it or have a meaningful discussing, as long as the overall objective was to contribute relevant knowledge related to the core topic of the forum (or list). Salvador
>
>
>
>     On Monday, July 30, 2018, 3:15:40 PM CDT, John W. Linville <linville at tuxdriver.com> wrote:
>
>  Once again, too many list users demonstrate that they don't have
> enough respect for others to keep the list "on topic". Then when
> someone asks them to get back on topic, the answer is for him to learn
> how to ignore the posts that shouldn't have been posted in the first
> place. That's just sad. Netiquette grade F...
>
> Is staying on topic really so difficult? If you are just looking
> for random chat, I'm sure you can find somewhere else that would
> welcome it.
>
> John
>
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 09:06:30AM -0700, Tim Fadden wrote:
>> Would every one just please calm down! You need to learn how to ignore stuff
>> you don't like, or your gonna go nuts! You are not required ever post you
>> know!
>>
>> Cheers!  :-)
>>
>> On 7/30/2018 8:54 AM, Zippster wrote:
>> > If something like this really bothered me that much, I think I’d just steer clear of the internet in general.
>> >
>> > Who needs that kind of frustration?  :)
>> >
>> > - Ed
>> >
>> >
>> > > On Jul 30, 2018, at 9:59 AM, Steve Stroh <steve.stroh at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Since the non-CoCo thread continues and there are more participants of that
>> > > than the one of me, I’ll unsubscribe for a month or so and check back in
>> > > then to see if it’s still going. Happy Linuxing!
>> > >
>> > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 07:47 Salvador Garcia via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > Hi Steve,
>> > > >
>> > > > I don't know if this will work for you, it depends how you are getting
>> > > > this list's message. You could try filtering out those with this subject
>> > > > line and letting others through. At least you won't have to unsubscribe to
>> > > > the entire list just to avoid one thread. Salvador
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > >    On Saturday, July 28, 2018, 8:47:16 PM CDT, Steve Stroh <
>> > > > steve.stroh at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > Will this thread unrelated to CoCo never end?
>> > > >
>> > > > Seriously thinking of unsubscribing to this “CoCo” list, for at least a
>> > > > month or so, in hopes this thread will have died out.
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