What's the official Linuxquestions.org VOIP EKIGA Chat Room, to talk with community?

http://wiki.ekiga.org/index.php/Main_Page


who would be interested? If yep, post

There isn't one. The only way to talk to other members is via LQ itself. No chat room, IRC, AIM or anything. Just the forum.

Originally Posted by XavierP There isn't one. The only way to talk to other members is via LQ itself. No chat room, IRC, AIM or anything. Just the forum.

so it's time to pass the info. to jeremy, ... we have radio, everything, so from today can have voip chat room cool

Originally Posted by frenchn00b we have radio, everything, so from today can have voip chat room

Deities forfend...

You wouldn't be able to understand my Lancashire accent.

Originally Posted by brianL You wouldn't be able to understand my Lancashire accent.

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Thanks for the feedback. We have no plans to add an "official" VOIP chat room of any kind at this time.

--jeremy

Originally Posted by jeremy Thanks for the feedback. We have no plans to add an "official" VOIP chat room of any kind at this time. --jeremy

oh sad.

maybe we can think about it, as users.
who would be interested? If yep, post

If anyone is interested in any sort of offsite chatroom or whatever, please note that this will not be official and will not be supported by anyone of the staff here. Honestly, if that's your thing, I'd avoid putting LQ in the title at all and just call it something else.

The idea itself is entertaining though... I mean how long would it take for an OP to ask his/her question? And how would your average "try distro X" spam reply sound like? Or a thumbs up? Or moderation? I'm thinking pt. II of the Alien quadrilogy:

No guns? So what are we supposed to do? Use harsh language?

ROTFL!

I think the reason we don't have a chatroom or VOIP is because LQ is for all users, not just the ones in the present. Recording questions and answers in a forum format means that people with questions in the future might be able to solve them immediately through using a search.

titanium_geek

True. Other methods or formats may seem more convenient from a (single) user point of view but the fact LQ still grows and tops search results shows this format "Just Works".

Originally Posted by brianL You wouldn't be able to understand my Lancashire accent.

...or my Southern Hillbilly drawl.

Originally Posted by frenchn00b maybe we can think about it, as users. who would be interested? If yep, post

I'd have no use for it, but that might just be me. FWIW, I switched from Yahoo Mail because they added instant chat to the mail page. Haven't figured out exactly what they were thinking. If I wanted to chat, I would've logged into IM!

My

To emphasize titanium_geek's comment, one key benefit that the LQ forums provide is that Linux questions/answers/information are both searchable as well as permanent -- anyone can retrieve the information they're looking for at any time.

In contrast, in a phone call or chat room, any information that is exchanged is available only to the people participating at that time. As a result, assuming that an answer solves the given problem, that answer would only be of benefit to the one or two people who might be dialed in at that time. If that answer is posted here at LQ, it will be of benefit to thousands of people.

Originally Posted by unSpawn The idea itself is entertaining though... I mean how long would it take for an OP to ask his/her question? And how would your average "try distro X" spam reply sound like? Or a thumbs up? Or moderation? I'm thinking pt. II of the Alien quadrilogy: ROTFL!

And advantage, after work, hands are burning,... no longer more keyboard, talking is easier ... there's another advantage, that's for the lazy's ...