Forum reorg pointing to talk.maemo.org
 

Some thoughts about the integration of ITt with maemo.org as a frequent user of both sites:

- Software precedes hardware.
- It's good to differentiate between platform, official apps and 3rd party apps.
- The best threads should become news @ http://maemo.org/news

Following these principles, here is a proposal to reorganize the forums:

Talk
- General
- Newbie
- maemo.org (community related, Council, website including Talk)
- Off-topic

Applications
- Pre-installed / official
- Community / 3rd party (maybe worth splitting one day between community and commercial?)
--- Sub-forums: Canola, Gaming

OS / Platform
- Maemo 5 / Fremantle
- OS2008 / Maemo 4 / Chinook - Diablo
- OS2006 / Maemo 2 / Mistral - Scirocco - Gregale
- Developers (moving to own section if the topics grow and specialized areas are needed)
- Alternatives (merging Sub-Forums: Android, Debian, KDE, Palm OS)

Devices
- Nokia N810 & WiMAX Edition
- Nokia N800
- Nokia 770
- Accessories
- Competitors
- Buy & Sell (merging Deals & Promos)

Old (these ones don't accept new posts, threads with new comments might be moved to the right forums)
- News
- Announcements
- Troubleshooting
- Upgrading
- Tablet 101
- OS2007 / Maemo 3 / Bora
- OS2005 / Maemo 1

Re: Forum reorg pointing to talk.maemo.org
 

Are we missing one (or two ;))?

Re: Forum reorg pointing to talk.maemo.org
 

General is probably a good place for devices before they get at least a proof and a name.

Re: Forum reorg pointing to talk.maemo.org
 

Good to see 'Competitors' still in there

Re: Forum reorg pointing to talk.maemo.org
 

Why is

listed under 'old' and

not old?

There is a difference between these 2. Buy & Sell is a platform like Craigslist where the topic starter has direct interest in on a non-commercial basis. Deals & Promos are cheap or compatible suggestions without direct commercial interest of the poster. There is also the Accessoires forum though.

Re: Forum reorg pointing to talk.maemo.org
 

Probably because if you own a 770, OS2006 is the version you're running and not old for you.
OS2005 shouldn't be on any 770 anymore, and OS2007 should not be on N800s. That's why they're old.

Re: Forum reorg pointing to talk.maemo.org
 

Ah. Maybe refer to them as supported and unsupported then.

Re: Forum reorg pointing to talk.maemo.org
 

Also inaccurate.

Re: Forum reorg pointing to talk.maemo.org
 

I would love to see a Mer forum (under OS/Platform) or subforum (under Alternatives), and I know I'll be shot down for this, but I'd like to see an Ubuntu subforum under Alternatives too.

I'm looking forward to the move. It is overdue!

Re: Forum reorg pointing to talk.maemo.org
 

Is the 'Upgrading' forum worth keeping? It seems ill-defined.

And is Palm OS really deserving of a full forum in 'alternatives'? Garnet VM itself could just be discussed in 3rd party Apps, and Palm OS-specific stuff could be on a different site. (By the way, I love Palm OS, so please don't think I'm dissing it!)