Attendi the new Qunu

This is a linux blog, but I do tend to review some new websites every once in a while, and sometimes I stretch it to try and relate it to Linux. A while ago I wrote about Qunu, which is a website you can go on and find someone to chat with for help. I mentioned it was a great place to get help with Linux and it was. On a quick side note Qunu has been down for some time but there sites claims they will be up this coming Monday. So back to the site at hand Attendi:

Attendi's tag line is, "search powered by experience". Like Qunu you can register and tag your self about things you know. Then people can search and find you and get help from you. What separates Attendi from Qunu is it saves all you help session chats which then are put into there database and are searchable. I think this is a great idea, because all the chats I have had on Qunu I know could have helped others. I think this is a great idea, and if you a linux expert who i swilling to help out other please go join Attendi, it seems there linux community of helpers is very small at the moment.

The site is in beta and you need to submit your email address and wait but they took me the next day.....but I have a few invites I coudl also give out if they don't get to you.


By the way here is the link to the site:

http://www.attendi.com

The Downfall of Qunu?

If you haven't heard of Qunu you can check it out here came out who knows when....quite a bit ago. , or read on cause I will explain and share my thoughts. So qunu launched maybe a year? I really don't remember but its not that important. So what is Qunu you may be asking if you never heard about it? I should probably start there....I would describe Qunu as an aim chat directly with great free tech support. Qunu could probably be used for non-geeky things to but mostly I saw it as amazing free instant tech support. Anywho it was great and it came out just as I was really getting into linux, and was a super help in teaching me linux. You would get someone in a chat one on one with you for hours at a time, giving you personal help, I never had a problem someone on Qunu couldn't help me with. Qunu was great!!.....

Qunu over time changed looks, and became cooler looking, but now it seems to be dying. Lately when trying to get help with linux on Qunu, no one has been accepting my questions. There always seems to be at least 4-5 people on under Ubuntu or the linux tags. But after waiting for someone to respond to me i usually get it saying they are not available. Basically it is getting harder and harder for me to find someone on qunu who will help me...So maybe if this post gets some attention it will renew interest in qunu. If you have spare time and like helping go check it out, I am on there sometimes to but I am not the most knowledgeable by any means, I am still new to linux. Also it seems the Qunu blog hasn't been updated since March.