On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 22:26:27 +0000 Yorvyk <yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 5 Dec 2011 07:43:15 +1000 > Jared Norris <jrnor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 5 December 2011 06:17, amjjawad HOOHAA <amjja...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > > > I don't use it nor need it :) > > > Someone already posted on my thread that Lubuntu FAQs (Wiki) need > > > to be updated according to the link I mentioned > > > (http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/things-to-tweak-after-installing-ubuntu.html) > > > Since I have never used JAVA on Linux, I'm asking those who are > > > using it to check whether we need to update our Wiki or not? > > > > > > So, again, please double check this: > > > http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/things-to-tweak-after-installing-ubuntu.html > > > > > > and if necessary, update this: > > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/FAQ/Guides#Some_Java_applications_don.27t_work.2C_I_want_proprietary_Oracle_Java > > > > > > I didn't update the Wiki because I'm not sure because I don't use > > > Java :) > > > > > > Thanks :) > > > > > > > > > This is the very big problem I see with having a separate FAQ to the > > main information on the wiki. Unless it's specific to Lubuntu I > > really don't see why it should exist on our FAQ area at all. All > > this does is duplicate information AND reduce the number of people > > working on a topic. This is a perfect example because the proper > > Java page [0] was updated a while ago to reflect the changes. > > > > So my opinion is, unless it's specific to Lubuntu we should > > contribute and rely on the community documentation for *Ubuntu > > instead of trying to carve out our own little niche that will > > easily be out of date and hard to maintain with fewer resources. > > (To answer your question my suggestion would be to remove the java > > section altogether, if you HAVE to have something, link to the main > > page for Java). > > > > [0] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java > > > Couldn't agree more Jared. Repeating the same information over and > over in different places is not helpful. Users who aren't quite sure > what their problem is end up 'not seeing the wood for the trees.' > This is the sort of thing a decent index is helps with. > > FAQ is still targeted for IRC users. People come and asks for the same question time after time. That's why I created it. But if you feel there's no point in it, I wish you will completely remove it from the wiki area, as you mailing-list besserwissers seems to have a better solution for this. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop Post to : lubuntu-desktop@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp