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We have one. It is “Free and Open Source Software”. By the way. I use Linux all the time.
Agreed with this. Fracturing further into specifics would be problematic, and time consuming. It would also end up with even less traffic and participation than the FOSS community on Beehaw. I’d prefer to keep the general forum for now and not create a new, more specific one.
Yeah, I just posted there. That’s a good general group for free software and I’m a subscriber. But a Linux group would be more specific to Linux itself. And considering its popularity, it seems to me might justify BeeHaw creating the group in addition to “Free and Open Source Software”.
Traffic is not large enough. The more general community only had 3 posts in the past 24 hours. If this was 100 posts then I would agree.
I’d join :)
I’ve been slowly but consistently divesting from communities there for the last couple of weeks due to basically what you described. The Linux community is one of the last few holdouts I can’t do without. An alternative with a better vibe would be awesome.
So, there’s a Linux community at Lemmy.world. But I think BeeHaw is still defederated from there.
There’s also !linux@programming.dev which might be a more neutral ground - I don’t have much experience with the programming.dev instance’s track record.
I’ll check that out, thank you!
There is, and I’m subbed to it, but it’s not nearly as active. What I’d like about a Beehaw Linux group would be the vibe BH brings and simple but real questions not getting downvoted to oblivion. We sometimes forget we were once newbies asking the same questions.
For now, as @furrowsofar@beehaw.org has suggested, /c/foss would suffice.
I am already a subscriber there. I’m just hoping you guys consider adding one specific to Linux itself.
Thanks!
As the overall community grows, and there is more demand for niche communities, we will add these. We just aren’t there yet. Thanks for your support and reaching out.
As you wish, Chris. Thanks!
I think there’s some value to a more narrowly defined topic based community centered around Linux to draw from in order meet the desires of the greater Beehaw Community.
People searching for “Linux” communities will likely not search for “Free and Open Source Software” and “FOSS” and “FLOSS” and “Free Software” and “Libre Software” and “Operating Systems” to in attempt to find relevant communities. Their attention is likely exhausted after their original search for “Linux”. There’s a clear interest in Linux as a topic for discussion with evidence presented in the form of multiple requests I’ve seen for a Linux Beehaw community.
The Free and Open Source Software and the Operating Systems Beehaw Communities seem like they are both too general and too specific at the same time. They compete with Technology and Programming communities for mindshare while not capturing the attention of those who desire to discuss Linux specifically. People are not being primed by the community names alone in the moment of interest around discussing Linux. Theses are the appropriate places for discussion of Linux on Beehaw but it’s not immediately clear to those who would be interested.
Considering the role of nudges and small obstacles have on people, I hope adding a Linux community is considered by the Beehaw admins to continue to foster a thriving community.
!operating_systems@beehaw.org faintly sobs, forgotten by all.
(But seriously, if it’s a post about Linux itself rather than Linux software, consider showing it some love :P)
Hey, I’ll check it out!
No one seems to be using https://beehaw.org/c/operating_systems
Someone just pointed that to me elsewhere. I didn’t know and just subbed. But thanks!
