portal.linuxaudio.org If you are interested in helping with the consortium's mission for whose existence (at least web-wise) you've pretty much spelled the reasons out below, do not hesitate to contact me. Best wishes, Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A. Linuxaudio.org Director Virginia Tech Department of Music - 0240 Blacksburg, VA 24061 (540) 231-1137 (540) 231-5034 (fax) ico@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.music.vt.edu/people/faculty/bukvic > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-audio-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-audio- > user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mathias Friman > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 7:35 AM > To: A list for linux audio users > Subject: Linux audio sites on the www > > Hi list. > > In my quest for good audio related documentation for the Linux platform, > several things > strike me: > > 1. It is very scattered around the internet. > 2. It has no unified structure > 3. It is, in some cases, downright ugly. ;) > > Don't take this as critisism of webdesigning skills on a community wide > basis, I know > most of the people responsible for the websites have better things to do > than to put > days or weeks designing their content to please the eye. As everyone knows > already, > content is king and webdesign is for sissies. ;) > > However, a non-cluttered look and feel should make a newcomer more > inclined to find what > they seek, a link-farm of some sort would enable people to delve further > into the world of > linux audio and so on and so forth. It seems to me that most places > throughout the Linux > audio community are scattered like islands in a very big ocean with > nothing to bridge them. > > I was thinking about a top row somewhat like the OSTG-bar on slashdot.org > and the like, > with maybe 6-10 of the most central sites in the linux audio community. > Any rating of > these sites will not be done by me, that's for sure. ;) > > The thought was to incorporate this bar on as many sites as possible, with > a central link > repository of some kind. How do you feel about such an idea? > > I'm willing to implement it, it there's any interest. > > Regards, > Mathias
