bryan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Great idea. The problem will be balancing the need to cover basics for beginners, and perhaps written for a non-technical audience, with some structure that allows people to click in to see more detail and increasing complexity where they have an interest.I was considering doing a web page with basic Fedora/Linux issues and have been collecting fedora-list posts for some time for this reason.
Let me/us know what contributions you are looking for and if capable I
will help where possible.
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I've been doing a similar thing - I just archived off all my Fedora posts this evening. I think you're on the right track with this one. I don't know if you've seen the weekly FAQ posted in here but that was an equally good idea to give people a leg up.
My first linux book still sits on my shelf as a reminder, all dog eared with umpteen page markers glued in and referenced. Anything that gives people a hand I'm all for.
Bryan
I recommend people work on an outline of topics covered first, and then choose from the wealth of sources between list archives, how-tos, etc. for material to rewrite and incorporate with an eye toward constency, style, and the intended audience.
And there is a project for documentation, which may already have a lot of this hashed out. No sense in re-inventing or competing here. See http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/docs/
Have fun contributing. I think beginner's documentation is a great idea.
Chris
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