New Puppy Linux forum

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Todd · #1 Post by **Todd** » Sat 21 Mar 2009, 04:10

I have set up an additional Puppy Linux forum, http://www.toddrichardson.com/forum/.

I would like to use the same moderators, if they are willing. It would also be nice if users kept their same names.

Todd

reckrhodes · #2 Post by **reckrhodes** » Sat 21 Mar 2009, 04:33

I am from the Philippines. Take me as a new member of the New Puppy Linux forum. Thank you.

#3 Post by **Flash** » Sat 21 Mar 2009, 04:39

Sorry, Todd, I already spend a lot of time moderating this forum.

Artie · #4 Post by **Artie** » Sat 21 Mar 2009, 10:36

Thanks Todd I've been there and registered.

Since this forum is terribly unstable and slow sometimes I feel we desperately needed a backup. Now we just need to get the word out to new users that they have an alternative if this forum doesn't work and make sure regulars also check out the new forum from time to time. I will. I would also like to remind the regulars that a few people are posting on http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/puppy-71/ so everyone please go there and check from time to time.

Artie

01micko · #5 Post by **01micko** » Sat 21 Mar 2009, 11:31

Nice! Thanks Todd ... I am there!

Cheers

masinick · #6 Post by **masinick** » Sat 21 Mar 2009, 19:06

Artie wrote:Thanks Todd I've been there and registered. Since this forum is terribly unstable and slow sometimes I feel we desperately needed a backup. Now we just need to get the word out to new users that they have an alternative if this forum doesn't work and make sure regulars also check out the new forum from time to time. I will. I would also like to remind the regulars that a few people are posting on http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/puppy-71/ so everyone please go there and check from time to time.

Artie

If this forum is all that unstable, why not look for another permanent home? Why not field test Todd's site, and if it looks good, archive this site, and if possible, copy content, otherwise just mark the old site (this one), read only, provide a pointer to the new site, and similarly, on the new site, link back to the old site.

Also bears questioning: What is wrong with the Linux Questions site? Could it become the main site? Whatever is done, put the stake in deeply in the ground, support whatever choice is made and try ti stick to it. To me, it does not matter what becomes the main site, but there really should be one, it should be solid, reliable, and it should be found from any other previous sites. What has been the problem anyway?

Artie · #7 Post by **Artie** » Sat 21 Mar 2009, 20:39

The problem is that this forum is very unstable. It can work fine for long periods at a time, then suddenly you click on a page and it times out, or sometimes you post and it times out, or posts disappear or you double post because you don't know if your previous posting caught and you try again. It's been intermittently like this for a long time but lately it's become worse. I'm not too technical a person and I'm sure John Murga does his best, but it seems to me we need a better technical solution? Would it be possible to use mirrors, to have the same content on several synchronized servers in case one develops a problem with bandwidth or whatever the other one takes the load? Might another single permanent home also develop the same problems?

Artie

Todd · #8 Post by **Todd** » Tue 24 Mar 2009, 15:58

Would it be possible to use mirrors, to have the same content on several synchronized servers in case one develops a problem with bandwidth or whatever the other one takes the load? Might another single permanent home also develop the same problems?

Very good question. The main problem with mirroring the forum is that it requires a central database.

Todd

prit1 · #9 Post by **prit1** » Tue 24 Mar 2009, 16:21

Thanks Todd,

Good step. How much load would your hosting survive? For using it as a mirror forum,
- We can use a central database and give access to the host 2 as a remote host authorized to access the MySQL database on the host 1. Or,
- Have a sync mechanism between the hosts to keep the databases in sync. This can run few times a day.

It would definitely help the community to have an alternate forum/mirror.

Todd · #10 Post by **Todd** » Tue 24 Mar 2009, 16:47

We can use a central database and give access to the host 2 as a remote host authorized to access the MySQL database on the host 1

This seems to be the most effective way. Would I set up a dummy database that forwards to Murga's database?

Todd

#11 Post by **BÃ©Ã¨m** » Tue 24 Mar 2009, 21:51

I have said it before:
It's my experience, that NNTP based forums are more stable and present the threads in a much clearer way then php based forums.
But I know there is little interest in going that way.

EDIT:
Registered anyway.

Todd · #12 Post by **Todd** » Tue 24 Mar 2009, 22:43

Please tell me more about NNTP forums.

Sincerely,

Todd Richardson

battleshooter · #13 Post by **battleshooter** » Tue 24 Mar 2009, 23:43

Todd wrote:I have set up an additional Puppy Linux forum, http://www.toddrichardson.com/forum/.

I would like to use the same moderators, if they are willing. It would also be nice if users kept their same names.

Todd

Innteeeerrrresting...I've just signed up.

James C · #14 Post by **James C** » Fri 10 Apr 2009, 04:47

I just signed up today while this forum was down again.I prefer the layout of Todd's forum over LQ and hope it becomes the main backup forum for Puppy, or at least a viable option. Thanks Todd.

Lobster · #15 Post by **Lobster** » Fri 10 Apr 2009, 06:58

It would definitely help the community to have an alternate forum/mirror.

You will have to contact John Murga
If this forum is down (which can be tested for)
then users can be redirected to Todds forum.

How to best do this is something you will have work towards
but it is worth pursuing persistently. See what John thinks

Just read that John is moving to a new x2 faster forum host soon.

We have over 15 000 registered forum users - add to that bots and unregistered users. Quite a load.

A forum has to be maintained and that is where the real service that John provides should be recognised.
Setting up a forum is simple in comparison.

Thanks guys

droope · #16 Post by **droope** » Mon 13 Apr 2009, 00:05

It would definitely help the community to have an alternate forum/mirror.

Yes, definitively. At least, a public, regularly updated backup of the database, just in case something goes wrong. (A must do, in my opinion.)

(Should be updated by a robot, updating and backuping are not human tasks

)

ComputerBob · #17 Post by **ComputerBob** » Mon 13 Apr 2009, 01:13

Lobster wrote:Just read that John is moving to a new x2 faster forum host soon.

Actually, he said that he's going to do it "in a couple of months."

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