Merely true! I run across competing howtos all the time. The academic world addresses the issue by "journaling". That doesn't always work either. I use a sandbox approach and have reinstalled some things a dozen times or more before I get it exactly right.
How do we encourage the group process of many eyes makes better documentation? Jim Tarvid On 6/5/07, Aaron Kincer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kristian, > > I'm with you that not all the information there is "good" and can break > your system. Heck, I've seen some instructions there that were just > plain wrong without even having to try them out. However, in my opinion, > the layout of the UG is much better and easier to find information > quickly than the official wiki site you linked to. Until this is > addressed, I'm afraid there are some that will not go there first (maybe > even at all). In my opinion, there should be links at the very top to a > task oriented wiki similar to UG for each respective version. The links > at the bottom don't lead to help and are just confusing. > > When someone wants to know how to do something very specific, trying to > sort through the pages there is a bit cumbersome in my humble opinion. > When I have a very specific task I want to accomplish, I'd prefer not to > navigate through more than a couple of clicks. > > Aaron Kincer > > > Kristian Hermansen wrote: > > All, > > > > Be wary of Ubuntuguide.org. When users first encountered it, they consider > > it > > to be a great resource. Everything you might need to do is in one > > place with info how to accomplish a goal. However, the problem is > > that using Ubuntuguide.org may result in your system becoming broken > > or incorrectly configured. The guide is not always correct, and you > > may break your system, especially when it comes to upgrade to the next > > release of Ubuntu. Much of this has to do with adding third party > > sources to your APT configuration. When you do this, your system > > could be stable for a few months, until you decide to move to Gutsy, > > and then you wonder why Ubuntu > > fails to upgrade! > > > > Please please please use http://wiki.ubuntu.com or the other > > help/community resources at the official Ubuntu domain ahead of any > > other resource. Once you realized that Ubuntuguide is harmful, make > > every effort to support the official wiki and add items there. Some > > people on this list may not realize the harm that can be done if you > > add unofficial items to your APT sources. This is one of the major > > issues with UG, as they are always suggesting you do this. With > > Ubuntu, you normally don't need to do this, since most software is in > > the hosted repositories. Again, Ubuntuguide.org should be avoided at > > all times... > > > > > -- > ubuntu-server mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server > -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server
