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<H2><A NAME=SECTION00394000000000000000>1.9.4 USENET newsgroups</A></H2>
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<A NAME=secintrousenet> </A>
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<A NAME=605> </A>
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USENET is a worldwide electronic news and discussion forum with a heavy
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contingent of so-called ``newsgroups''---discussion areas devoted to a
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particular topic. Much of the development of Linux has been done over the
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waves of the Internet and USENET, and not suprisingly there are a number of
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USENET newsgroups available for discussions about Linux.
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The original Linux newsgroup was <tt>alt.os.linux</tt>, and was created to
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move some of the discussions about Linux out of <tt>comp.os.minix</tt> and
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the various mailing lists. Soon, the traffic on <tt>alt.os.linux</tt> grew to be
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large enough that a newsgroup in the <tt>comp</tt> hierarchy was warranted;
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a vote was taken in February of 1992, and <tt>comp.os.linux</tt> was created.
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<tt>comp.os.linux</tt> quickly became one of the most popular (and loudest)
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USENET groups; more popular than any other <tt>comp.os</tt> group. In
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December of 1992, a vote was taken to split the newsgroup in order to
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reduce traffic; only <tt>comp.os.linux.announce</tt> passed this vote.
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In July of 1993, the group was finally split into the new hierarchy.
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Almost 2000 people voted in the <tt>comp.os.linux</tt> reorganization,
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making it one of the largest USENET Call For Votes ever.
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If you do not have direct USENET access, but are able to send and
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receive electronic mail from the Internet, there are mail-to-news
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gateways available for each of the newsgroups below.
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<DL COMPACT><DT><tt>comp.os.linux.announce</tt>
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<tt>comp.os.linux.announce</tt> is a moderated newsgroup for announcements
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and important postings about the Linux system (such as bug reports,
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important patches to software, and so on). If you read any Linux newsgroups
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at all, read this one. Often, the important postings in this group are not
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crossposted to other groups. This group also contains many periodic postings
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about Linux, including many of the online documents described in the last
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section and listed in Appendix <A HREF="node225.html#appsourcesnum">A</A>.
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Postings to this newsgroup must be approved by the moderators, Matt Welsh
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and Lars Wirzenius. If you wish to submit and article to this group, in
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most cases you can simply post the article as you normally would (using
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<tt>Pnews</tt> or whatever posting software that you have available); the
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news software will automatically forward the article to the moderators
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for approval. However, if your news system is not set up correctly, you may
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need to mail the article directly; the submission address is
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<tt>linux-announce@tc.cornell.edu</tt>.
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The rest of the Linux newsgroups listed below are unmoderated.
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<DT><tt>comp.os.linux.help</tt>
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This is the most popular Linux newsgroup. It is for questions and answers
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about using, setting up, or otherwise running a Linux system. If you are
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having problems with Linux, you may post to this newsgroup, and hopefully
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receive a reply from someone who might be able to help. However, it is
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strongly suggested that you
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read all of the available Linux documentation before posting questions to
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this newsgroup.
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<DT><tt>comp.os.linux.admin</tt>
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This newsgroup is for questions and discussion about running a Linux
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system, most commonly in an active, multi-user environment. Any
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discussion about administrative issues of Linux (such as packaging
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software, making backups, handling users, and so on) is welcome here.
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<DT><tt>comp.os.linux.development</tt>
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This is a newsgroup for discussions about development of the Linux system.
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All issues related to kernel and system software development should be
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discussed here. For example, if you are writing a kernel driver and need
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help with certain aspects of the programming, this would be the place to
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ask. This newsgroup is also for discussions about the direction and goals
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behind the Linux development effort, as described (somewhat) in
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Section <A HREF="node22.html#secintrodesign">1.6</A>.
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It should be noted that this newsgroup is not (technically) for discussions
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about development of software <em>for</em> Linux, but rather for
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discussions of development <em>of</em> Linux. That is, issues dealing with
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applications programming under Linux should be discussed in another Linux
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newsgroup; <tt>comp.os.linux.development</tt> is about developing the Linux
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system itself, including the kernel, system libraries, and so on.
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<DT><tt>comp.os.linux.misc</tt>
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This newsgroup is for all discussion which doesn't quite fit into the other
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available Linux groups. In particular, advocacy wars (the incessant
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``Linux versus Windows NT'' thread, for example), should be waged here,
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as opposed to in the technical Linux groups. Any nontechnical or metadiscourse
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about the Linux system should remain in <tt>comp.os.linux.misc</tt>.
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It should be noted that the newsgroup <tt>comp.os.linux</tt>, which was
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originally the only Linux group, has been superseded by the new hierarchy
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of groups. If you have access to <tt>comp.os.linux</tt>, but not to the newer
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Linux groups listed above, encourage your news administrator to create
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the new groups on your system.
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