Re: Call for articles, HOW-TOs, and tips
On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 10:01:45PM -0500, Randy Edwards wrote: A new web site has been started called debianHELP at http://www.debianhelp.org. DebianHELP's name is self-explanatory and the site is a slash-like format designed to feature helpful articles/advice on running Debian GNU/Linux, and for people to trade tips/carry on conversations to solve problems. For a more verbose idea of the site, read http://www.debianhelp.org/about.php. Good idea, documentation is never a bad thing. * How about explaining common security measures that a typical newbie will overlook? Or typical measures that you take for extra security when installing a new Debian system? I would like to write something about this. Phil
Re: Call for articles, HOW-TOs, and tips
On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 10:01:45PM -0500, Randy Edwards wrote: A new web site has been started called debianHELP at http://www.debianhelp.org. delightful! maybe we can populate your site as we develop just your kind of stuff at eGroups.com/group/newbieDoc ... [any possible trouble/conflict with the debian* name? if not, maybe newbieDoc can be First Iteration where we iron out the kinks, and then debianHelp.com can be 'final post' area...?] -- There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison. --William Glasser [EMAIL PROTECTED]***http://www.dontUthink.com/ volunteer to document your experience for next week's newbies -- http://www.eGroups.com/messages/newbieDoc
Call for articles, HOW-TOs, and tips
A new web site has been started called debianHELP at http://www.debianhelp.org. DebianHELP's name is self-explanatory and the site is a slash-like format designed to feature helpful articles/advice on running Debian GNU/Linux, and for people to trade tips/carry on conversations to solve problems. For a more verbose idea of the site, read http://www.debianhelp.org/about.php. The purpose of this message is to solicit articles and helpful advice for the web site. These articles will hopefully be more likely to be read compared to some of the gems which come through the mailing lists and are tucked away in the list archives. What kind of articles are needed? Everything! These don't have to be in-depth articles, but anything that shares your experience and would help a rookie Debian user. For example, here are some thoughts: * How about something explaining the mail system? Explain MTAs, MUAs, the role of procmail. Or how about giving some explanations for typical setups and how a newbie would configure their system using eximconfig? * Have you examined all of the various packages of a certain type of program (e.g. mail clients or proxy servers or mailing list managers or ...) lately while choosing which one was best for you? Why not write up a short summary of your experiences and save someone else the trouble of doing what you did? * How about giving an overview of the various states/stages of a Debian release -- what is unstable, frozen, stable, and why or why not someone should run a particular version? * How about explaining common security measures that a typical newbie will overlook? Or typical measures that you take for extra security when installing a new Debian system? * Why not tackle a small HOW-TO on how to create a Debian kernel with Debian's own tools? * How about explaining some of the many tips that experienced Debian users know but that newbies take a while to learn? For example, how to make a new startup script with update-rc.d or what /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list is for? Can you think of any other ideas? Go for it! It doesn't matter what your level of expertise is -- believe me, I'm sure there's knowledge you have that you can write up and share which would benefit others. If you feel the same way, drop by http://www.debianhelp.org and post an article and share the wealth. -- Regards, | Debian GNU/Linux - http://www.debian.org - More software than .| *any* distribution, rock solid reliability, quality control, Randy| seamless upgrades via ftp or CD-ROM, strict filesystem layout, | adherence to standards, and militantly 100% FREE GNU/Linux!
Re: Call for articles, HOW-TOs, and tips
Randy Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * How about something explaining the mail system? Explain MTAs, MUAs, the role of procmail. Or how about giving some explanations for typical setups and how a newbie would configure their system using eximconfig? i might do something like this once my finger stops hurting and i can type with 2 hands again. but doesn't one of the mail-* HOWTOs do it well?
Re: Call for articles, HOW-TOs, and tips
On Sunday 19 November 2000 22:11, Timmy Douglas wrote: Randy Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * How about something explaining the mail system? Explain MTAs, MUAs, the role of procmail. Or how about giving some explanations for typical setups and how a newbie would configure their system using eximconfig? i might do something like this once my finger stops hurting and i can type with 2 hands again. but doesn't one of the mail-* HOWTOs do it well? Yes it does, but... it's not Debian (or maybe I should say exim) specific. I'm fairly new and after reading through a few pages I decided not to touch my mail system. I still have the default exim install even though I have a Debian server/firewall. I would love to see something like this. I plan on posting some of the simple things I had to learn which frustrated me, like setting the clock correctly, or making the cd-rom user mountable (/etc/fstab). I think a really great thing would be a mini-howto on the Debian help system. As a new user it took me a while to get used to searching through man pages, finding out I could look up packages at the Debian web site, and finding out what info was. Jesse
