XPost: comp.os.linux.misc, alt.os.linux
From: owl@rooftop.invalid
In comp.os.linux.misc Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 20:28:22 +0000 (UTC), owl wrote:
>>
>> In alt.os.linux Andreas Kohlbach wrote:
>>> On Tue, 18 Jun 2019 11:29:43 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Now, how did it happen that I wrote "alt.os.linux.suse" group above? It
>>>> was supposed to be "alt.os.linux".
>>>>
>>>> Ah, I see why now while doing it again. Thunderbird tries to be too
>>>> clever :-(
>>>
>>> Because I set a Followup-To: to avoid cross posting.
>>>
>>> Okay, you put the other groups back. Since SUSE is mentioned one could
>>> add the Debian, RedHat, Fedora... groups.
>>>
>>> Furthermore this might be off topic in any group dealing with Linux since
>>> the topic is about and editor running on UNIX and other operating systems
>>> too and there should be a group having editors as topic. At least the
>>> de.* hierarchy has.
>>
>> Since any discussion of Linux will invariably focus on some utility or
>> other, I don't see how discussing an editor that is commonly used on
>> Linux would be considered off-topic for a Linux group.
>
> Because vi exists for many operating systems.
So do many other utilities. Are you suggesting that any cross-platform
software is off-limits, and the only acceptable topics are the kernel and
Linux-only utilities? That would make for a desolate newsgroup.
> It's like discussing a
> problem with the Firefox browser in a Linux group. Where Firefox is
> available in at least the Linux, UNIX, Windows, iOS, Android or Mac OS or
> exotic systems like Haiku (formally known as BeOS), where it is known as
> Bezilla.
If a problem exists with the Linux version of any software, it's on-topic
in a Linux group, if for no other reason than giving users a heads-up.
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