Probably downloading the archives and using htdig to do a keyword search
might help.
The distros sure can put in some part of the rutgers mailing lists if the
add a few couple of CDs more to the pack (or a new company that
specialises in linux list archives with full text search running right off
the CD is not a bad idea - any takers? if not, then please forward the
idea to your nearest entrepreneur)
As for the linux-india lists it already features a very good full text
search facility. go to
http://lists.linux-india.org/cgi-bin/wilma/linux-india-help
best wishes,
Indraneel
On Sun, 16 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> hello folks.
>
> i want to do something to help the linux cause. the only problem is i
> don't know what can be done.
>
> some members wrote that we can write doc and man pages for linux. how is
> that done.
>
> there are so many small small problems reported to this and other lists
> and solved instantaneously by our learned enthusiastic members. is there
> any method we can compile the answer topicwise and send to various
> distros for including in their releases.
>
> take, for example, the celebrated write-up by great rajesh fowker on Sis
> installation. there was also an excellent informative article by Atul
> chitnis on a recent PCQ magazine on the same topic.
>
> so solutions are available but, in the confusion cripling the internet,
> people do not know where to search. things like above could as well be
> given in the standard linux releases. text files won't take much space.
>
> could anybody having written man pages and likes, guide us into how to
> write, whom to contact, et al.
>
> i have not found a single person having slightest doubts on the awesome
> potency of Linux. i have not met a single person who is not irritated
> some time or the other at the windows callous ways of doing things.
> Linux indeed holds immense promise for tomorrow.
>
> can i politely help in advancing that tomorrow to today and now.
>
> regards.
> -vulcan
>
> PS: i wonder whether this should be posted at LIG or LIA, but please
> guide me.
>
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