I agree with +99% of all the suggestions posted here. We now have access to all the data from the old forum; it’s just a matter of extracting what we need, formatting and converting it and then implementing it into all the new categories in our new forum. (not easy).
The topic sections will be greatly expanded to make things easy to use such as specific categories for each different product, sub categories for the various OS variations, hardware & software support, suggestions, general discussions…basically everything we had before, and a lot more. Please keep in mind this may take a week or so (just a guess), but it is our top priority now, along with the updates for Commodore OS Vision & Commodore OS Fusion.
Please keep this quote from the NEWS section in mind as we move forward in this endeavor:
„Please take the time to read our TOS and FAQ. Please understand that this is our official corporate forum, and as such it’s primary purpose is to promote and support our products, our customers, potential future customers and those that have an interest in our line of retro and innovative contemporary products.“
We have no intention to edit, remove, alter, dismiss or in any way censor any of your posts, replies or suggestions. And this specifically includes me . What seemed like a heavy hand in the previous forum will not be the normal operating procedure here. I only ask that things remain civil, constructive criticism is welcome and the postings reflect the true spirit of what we are trying to accomplish. Unlike most other public forums, I would only ask that you think of this forum as my personal living room. All are welcome, but please don’t spit on the floor, use an ashtray, refrain from making nasty comments about the drapes and furniture and treat all our guests respectfully.
Postings that trash our products, trolls, those that reverse engineer our products with the intent to exemplify the costs and sources with the intent to either expose our private business and manufacturing processes, those that discus and or in any way promote our competitors products and those that in any fashion run contrary to our main forum purpose (read the above paragraph) will be deleted. Since this company is privately held, the will be no conversations regarding sales figures, profits and distributions and any other private information that normally would be disclosed for a publicly traded corporation.
The look and feel of this forum will be greatly improved as we intend to apply a new skin (open to immediate discussion and suggestion) There is a huge selection of skins that are available; just Google „vBulletin ver 4.2.0 skins“. There are thousands of selections to choose from….dig in and start exploring.
Lots to do, and with your continued support and patience, we look forward to presenting a truly remarkable and unique forum experience that we can all enjoy.
Barry promised to be a good guy, but corporate TOS makes them eliminate any discussion and resistance. Great Barry, that is the way to clean hands!
And yes Barry who is reverse engeenering whose products, please that part once again!
Note: Original Statememt (c) Barry Altman, CommodoreUSA Bolded words: Frank Spiers, Scotland Footer Bold/Comments: Vox, Serbia
Nothing has been mentioned as to what the mentioned Commodore App Store would feature. It may be something like what Software Manager offers, or something a little more? I personally would like to see options though, where the online user can choose which software and extra Themes to install instead of what is essentially included or featured, a simple tick and choose what you want to download? Sure, main system hard drives today are enormous, but when you fill these and externals with work, space comes at a premium!!!
For me, Software Manager lacks a featured section for Themes. By example, the Software Manager Graphics section offers 6 sub categories for type of software. When looking for themes, Google ends up being my friend, which is not always friendly time wise, if you get my drift!
I don’t know how straightforward this would be to achieve, but if ‘Fusion’ is still in development and to remain in beta, wholly based on Linux Mint 13, is it not feasible for a user to update an installed OS, i.e. update an installed Mint 13 OS with the tweaks and enhancements from Commodore designated repositories as to and when they’re ready? If Themes, fonts, etc can be downloaded via Terminal, surely any ‘Fusion’ graphical enhancements can be downloaded this way too, if only to begin with?
So far C=OS flaws are:
No real support for troubleshooting, not even on official forum, which is more propaganda related
No real power Linux users to explain and guide, no real manual
C=OS Vision is based on Mint 10 which is old arhitecture and is already abandoned, while not being 1.0
C=OS Fusion is announced to be copy of Mint 13, but is not yet public download. There is no natural progress and update of OS, but such „name and vision“ jumps are to be expected each time newer Mint is developed
C=USA Webstore might offer some Linux apps to download or buy, but that already exists within Mint 13
And yes, we should never forget YOU should work for them, selling their products and supporting CommodoreOS … brilliant
On the Edge: Spectacular rise and fall of C=USA 