Re: FAQ List. (Was laptop recommendations pls)
On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 16:32 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Ryan McCoskrie ryan.mccosk...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 04 May 2010 12:36:35 Steve Holdoway wrote: On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 12:12 +1200, Ryan McCoskrie wrote: On Tue, 04 May 2010 11:34:04 you wrote: Hi all, A change of employment leads me into the laptop market, with gnu/linux compatibility Okay, I think someone needs to start making an FAQ list for the CLUG. I'm willing to spend some time on it if someone more experienced is willing to help. We used to run a wiki, but that sort of died. Maybe now that there are no longer regular meetings it maay be of more use. Happy to host it if there's enough interest. What I was actually thinking of was the sort of FAQ seen on some USENET groups. A message periodically sent out on the list so that people are immediately reminded to read it. I'll be happy to help with such a wiki though... The answer to this particular FAQ (which laptop??) changes with the seasons. Easier to maintain a wiki. Our wiki was at http://clug.org.nz and that site will point you to the fact that we merged it with http://wiki.linux.net.nz/ - why not stick to that wiki, otherwise it just fragments and fragments. Is it old hat and unsophisticated now due to the sometimes speed of the internet to have an updated faq that can be pulled via email? It took me a while to get my head around no 3.5 FDD and I still have a box of 8 Floppies
FAQ List. (Was laptop recommendations pls)
On Tue, 04 May 2010 11:34:04 you wrote: Hi all, A change of employment leads me into the laptop market, with gnu/linux compatibility Okay, I think someone needs to start making an FAQ list for the CLUG. I'm willing to spend some time on it if someone more experienced is willing to help.
Re: FAQ List. (Was laptop recommendations pls)
On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 12:12 +1200, Ryan McCoskrie wrote: On Tue, 04 May 2010 11:34:04 you wrote: Hi all, A change of employment leads me into the laptop market, with gnu/linux compatibility Okay, I think someone needs to start making an FAQ list for the CLUG. I'm willing to spend some time on it if someone more experienced is willing to help. We used to run a wiki, but that sort of died. Maybe now that there are no longer regular meetings it maay be of more use. Happy to host it if there's enough interest. Steve -- Steve Holdoway st...@greengecko.co.nz http://www.greengecko.co.nz MSN: st...@greengecko.co.nz Skype: sholdowa smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
Re: FAQ List. (Was laptop recommendations pls)
On Tue, 04 May 2010 12:36:35 Steve Holdoway wrote: On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 12:12 +1200, Ryan McCoskrie wrote: On Tue, 04 May 2010 11:34:04 you wrote: Hi all, A change of employment leads me into the laptop market, with gnu/linux compatibility Okay, I think someone needs to start making an FAQ list for the CLUG. I'm willing to spend some time on it if someone more experienced is willing to help. We used to run a wiki, but that sort of died. Maybe now that there are no longer regular meetings it maay be of more use. Happy to host it if there's enough interest. What I was actually thinking of was the sort of FAQ seen on some USENET groups. A message periodically sent out on the list so that people are immediately reminded to read it. I'll be happy to help with such a wiki though... Actually A message sent out when there have been major changes to the wiki would be useful I guess. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: FAQ List. (Was laptop recommendations pls)
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Steve Holdoway st...@greengecko.co.nz wrote: We used to run a wiki, but that sort of died. Maybe now that there are no longer regular meetings it maay be of more use. http://wiki.linux.net.nz/CLUG http://wiki.linux.net.nz/TitleSearch?s=laptop It may be worth updating content in there, for the good of everyone not just CLUG. -jim
Re: FAQ List. (Was laptop recommendations pls)
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Ryan McCoskrie ryan.mccosk...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 04 May 2010 12:36:35 Steve Holdoway wrote: On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 12:12 +1200, Ryan McCoskrie wrote: On Tue, 04 May 2010 11:34:04 you wrote: Hi all, A change of employment leads me into the laptop market, with gnu/linux compatibility Okay, I think someone needs to start making an FAQ list for the CLUG. I'm willing to spend some time on it if someone more experienced is willing to help. We used to run a wiki, but that sort of died. Maybe now that there are no longer regular meetings it maay be of more use. Happy to host it if there's enough interest. What I was actually thinking of was the sort of FAQ seen on some USENET groups. A message periodically sent out on the list so that people are immediately reminded to read it. I'll be happy to help with such a wiki though... The answer to this particular FAQ (which laptop??) changes with the seasons. Easier to maintain a wiki. Our wiki was at http://clug.org.nz and that site will point you to the fact that we merged it with http://wiki.linux.net.nz/ - why not stick to that wiki, otherwise it just fragments and fragments.
