Andrew Ballantine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm effectively a Linux novice by the definition on > http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?DebianUserModels > > I looked at your NewbieDoc web page and found it quite intimidating for a > new user. It looked like a major commitment whereas I all I wanted to do was > offer some insight and the benefit of my experience during my lunch hour. > > The header on your web page "How to change CNTRL-ALT-Delete" is a good > example of not understanding what is useful to a Newbie. The Hint 45? > advises (as best as I can remember) > "Comment out the line in /etc/in..." ,but then displays TWO lines. Yes I, > and possibly you, know that the first line is commented already and it is > the second line that needs commenting, but isn't yet. Secondly the Newbie > might just about appreciate that "commenting" a line might switch off that > functionality, but the text fails to point out HOW. It is of course > achieved by placing a # character at the beginning of the line. However > please be aware that commenting out a line on other systems is not achieved > with a # character, but by the use of other characters such as ; character. > Therefore to help the Newbie and the Linux Novice, a little more precision > would be greatly appreciated.
I think you're right. > I would edit the original if I could get at it easily, via DebianWiki for > example, but the web page is now showing a different tip. > > I would like to suggest that someone or myself, with permission from your > group, places some of your current documents on DebianWiki AND that you put > a pointer on your web page to give users the option of updating the docs > with wiki, rather than formal process you appear to have at the moment. > > If I have got it all wrong and I can just go to the document on your web > site and make my contribution without having to jump though several hoops, I > apologise. However I think that wiki is probably the best medium for > generating user documentation that I have seen in 37 years in the computing > industry. from my experience with wiki's. I think it's a great tool for collaborative working (like writing documentation). But afaik it lacks some things: it's an online medium. how will you get newbiedocs out of wiki into a format that people can download ? like now newbiedoc is also a normal .deb package that people can get through apt-get. would that be possible ? p.s.: I really like newbiedoc. It helped me through some things (like exim). Bart > Regards, > > Andrew Ballantine > IT Manager > Erinstar Ltd > Mill House, Elgar Business Centre, Hallow, Worcester WR2 6NJ > Tel:01905 642200 x 223 Fax: 01905 642213 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > ***************************************************************** > This email has been checked by the altohiway e-Sweeper Service > ***************************************************************** > -- "Intellectuals are the shoeshine boys of the ruling elite" (Killdozer) http://wvl.indymedia.org | bart at indymedia.org http://thepits.be | bart at thepits.be http://pseudopunk.be | icq: 48682266 gebruik vrije software -- Debian GNU/Linux -- http://debian.org gpg --keyserver keys.indymedia.org --recv-keys be196251
