On 2005-02-28, Mikhail Zotov <> wrote:
>
> We are going to begin a new project (tentatively and very modestly
> called "The Slack World"). The main aim of the project is to fill
> a few gaps that we see in covering Slackware-related information by
> other resources.

Ah, modesty. I suggest "The Slack Universes" if you really want to
be modest.

Normally I look down upon web-site announcements that are looking to
boost their readership by posting to usenet. But I have to say, I think
this one might be a rare exception. The goals look very interesting,
and I'd definitely be up for reading (and, if applicable, contributing).

> We would very much like to hear your opinions, ideas, suggestions.

I don't think we can form much of an opinion yet. But please repost
when something's up and ready. I'm looking forward to reading.

No, I take it back--I do have two quick questions. 1) Have you asked
Pat what he thinks, and whether you and he can coordinate some features
(like maybe security alerts can be simultaneously sent to
slackware-security and posted to your site and/or a coordinating mailing
list)? 2) Same question for some of the other sites out there, like
slacksec, gus-br, slamd64, and so on. I don't think either of these is
a requirement, but it would be nice to debalkanize Slackware news a
little bit. (Oh, and BTW, if you wanted to host a FAQ mirror and/or
redo the FAQ I wouldn't mind a bit! I really dislike it in its current
form, but don't have the time to migrate or fix it myself.)

--keith

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