Why the Ubuntu Forums use VBulletin

[p_quarles]

First of all, no "excuse" is needed, since vBulletin is a completely legitimate choice.

In any case, you are welcome to develop a PHPBB site that does everything this site does. The requirements, currently, would be that it can manage over half-a-million user accounts with complex permissions levels, can accomodate 15,000 simultaneous users (we haven't hit that yet, but will after the Hardy release hits the headlines), can remain online during large-scale database operations, and can do all of this while running on two middle-grade servers.

Oh, and: you will have to do all of this in your spare time, for free. Let us know what you come up with.

[LaRoza]

THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR USING VBULLETIN!!!!!!!!!!

There isn't. But there are reasons for using it.

People seem to equate non free software is automatic Windows type EULA's. It is not like that.

The source is visible and easily edited. The price is low; the quality is high.

This forum didn't start out with vBulletin either.

See the other posts and statements of the admins (especially ubuntu-geek).

[Drone4four]

So it's been established that vBulletin is the bb of choice. Well done. Can we talk about a new theme that isn't so horrendous? Check out vBulletin at the compiz-fusion website: http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/

[LaRoza]

So it's been established that vBulletin is the bb of choice. Well done. Can we talk about a new theme that isn't so horrendous? Check out vBulletin at the compiz-fusion website: http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/

This theme was built by volunteers. It is being rebuilt for the upcoming upgrade which introduces many new features.

ubuntu-geek has devoted many hours to working on this site (as all the FC has and all the staff).

I find your attitude to be most disrepectful. If you are will to contribute, do so. It is easy to criticize. Everyone one here is a real person (except me). Be respectful and considerate. If you can't do that, then this forum isn't for you.

Make the theme yourself and apply it (you can do that with modern browsers). If you want, you can submit it to ubuntu-geek to see if he can use it.

[Drone4four]

I'm sorry. My rudeness won't happen again. In the future, I'll be more considerate.

[bone2006]

Thank you so much for replying with the requirements and reasons for using Vbulletin. So I looked around to see why couldn't phpbb or SMF fit the bill. Well I found a link that has the biggest boards on the internet and the number 1 board which is much larger is running phpbb

http://rankings.big-boards.com/?p=all

Ubuntu's board.........is 658 on the list

http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/index.php
Gaia has 1,311,507,233 articles posted with 12,250,348 registered users.-> Most users ever online was 123,381

http://www.linuxforum.com/forums/ -> 70,968 members -> SMF
http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php -> 1,466,691 Posts in 189,246 Topics by 136,232 Members. -> SMF

I will take your word on it that phpbb or SMF cannot handle what ubuntu forum requires.............

I was under the impression that donating to places like this http://www.ubuntu.com/community/donations would help pay for running and administration of the board along with other ubuntu related activities. But now there's a suggestion that if I prefer free open source solution like a board on ubuntu's site that donating money isn't what is needed and my spare time is what is needed.

If money isn't enough please pm me and tell me how I can help, I will put in as much spare time as I can to help the community

[LaRoza]

I will take your word on it that phpbb or SMF cannot handle what ubuntu forum requires.............

I was under the impression that donating to places like this http://www.ubuntu.com/community/donations would help pay for running and administration of the board along with other ubuntu related activities. But now there's a suggestion that if I prefer free open source solution like a board on ubuntu's site that donating money isn't what is needed and my spare time is what is needed.

If money isn't enough please pm me and tell me how I can help, I will put in as much spare time as I can to help the community

I am not an administrator of this forum, and do not know how it works on that end, but it isn't just the size that is the issue. This forum has rather complex configurations I imagine, and since the forum used other software in the past, and it was decided to move the vBulletin they must have had very pressing needs.

Canonical takes care of the small licensing fee, and the hardware it runs on.

The best way to contribute to this forum is to provide friendly tech support, and just enjoy the community participation

[hyper_ch]

Can we talk about a new theme that isn't so horrendous? Check out vBulletin at the compiz-fusion website: http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/

Actually the compiz-fusion theme doesn't appeal to me at all.. it has not really a coherent theme and uses harsh colors...

I think the ubuntuforums themes is a lot soft and more appealing and relaxing and IMHO it portrays much more a "serious" board than the one used on compiz-fusion.

[KiwiNZ]

This whole subject has been done to death.
And it really makes no difference to the members and guest that view the forum that we use VBulletin.

Lets move on.

Thanks