redhat tutorial

jludwig wralphie at comcast.net
Wed Jul 7 00:25:23 UTC 2004


On Tue, 2004-07-06 at 20:04, Christopher K. Johnson wrote:
> bryan at redfedora.co.uk 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
> 
> -- 
> -----------------------------------------------------------
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>    Chris Johnson, RHCE #807000448202021
Possibly this is how you do it -- Now this is what you did ??
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jludwig <wralphie at comcast.net>





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