On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 20:04, Christopher K. Johnson wrote: > bryan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > >>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. > >>-- > >> > >> > >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 > > > > > > > > > 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 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 > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------- > "Spend less! Do more! Go Open Source..." -- Dirigo.net > Chris Johnson, RHCE #807000448202021 Possibly this is how you do it -- Now this is what you did ?? -- jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
