6/23/02 3:59:05 PM, "Jerome Tan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Seems strange. I think rather than putting effort on Linux documentation, >wouldn't it be much much better if we can simplify Linux instead? > >Just wondering... > >Regards/ >Jerome It's really nice to simplify Linux, but we really can't do much since simplification is more of a Linux distribution responsibility. We can help improve Linux by e-mailing distributions with well-written usability problems and recommended solutions. Don't be disheartened if nobody in that company seems to listen. Just go ahead and send that e-mail anyway. If you can code and help their development team, then go do it. We will be proud of you, a fellow Filipino, help improve Linux in one way or another. (Sana may kernel branch hacker at maintainer na Pinoy. :-) I sometimes send my suggestions to the KDE usability project (or to Mandrake and SUSE) since they really care about usability. KDE 3.0 is much more improved thanks to this team. They will consider and appreciate any inputs you have like what they did to mine. The Filipino Linux Documentation Project is a different thing. Here is one project we can get involved and where WE CAN DO SO MUCH. We can make things happen by developing a mass of documents expressed in our own language. This is not a vain idea or a novel concept for a few to gain recognition. We do not plan to have the documents stored and gather dust in a library corner after we've done with it. We'd like to think of the project as a noble goal. We hope that the documentation will increase awareness of Linux kahit di pa gaanong bihasa sa Ingles ang mambabasa. We'd like to empower the grassroots to explore technology through his own native language, a language which is closer to his heart and greatly comprehensible. The usefulness of a tool can be enhanced further if the user understands its structure. If he knows the structure, he will realize what it is capable of. He can now enhance or build a bigger and better tool more capable than the original. The key here is that he understands it in the first place. Language is a major factor in understanding. We can understand in English, yes but more so in Filipino. Mikol _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
