On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 11:42 AM Simon Avery <digdi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > Discussion point and request for edits (either through an existing approved > editor, or via myself if I am granted access) Hopefully a constructive > suggestion to improve documentation, and elsewhere in the Wiki it advises me > to raise such things through this mailing list. > > I recently noticed in Freenode/#centos somebody seeking help and being > redirected to http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/OtherSpins as soon > as they mentioned their issue was on a VPS. Curious, I read the page and have > some suggestions about the wording. > > Through this wiki page, the phrase "Genuine CentOS" is used to indicate a > version of CentOS that has been modified by the VPS host. > > I think this wording is misleading and would like to suggest is is changed > through this document. > > Reasoning: In the computing world, Microsoft and others widely use the phrase > "Genuine" to indicate whether Windows, Office or other products are licenced > legally. The inferrance from this is that these VPS providers are somehow > providing an illegal copy of CentOS. This is obviously not the case. In fact, > this is explained in the text: > "I was sent to this page because I was told that my version of CentOS isn't > genuine CentOS. Will you please explain this? > We have noticed that a lot of people are offering something that they call > CentOS. But this something is in reality only based on CentOS and it has been > modified by the people making it available." > > Suggestion 1: Change "Genuine" to "Modified" (contexed accordingly) > > Suggestion 2: Rework the tone of this wiki article to be less disdainful. My > personal view is that phrases like "We are not mind readers", "we cannot > provide you with support" are not friendly and would put some people off from > asking for help again. (A similar view to overly widespread use of irc bot > triggers) > > Suggestion 3: Make it clearer that some VPS hosts may provide unmodified > CentOS. Whilst the phrase "This is usually the case" comes through, no > evidence to support this assertion is given, so it is heresay. The document > does contain a very clear guide to establishing whether your install is > modified or not, so why not refer to it internally? > > In summary: I see the need for this page and think it serves a useful > purpose. However, the frustration of the author comes through too nakedly. It > is too easy to read this page and consider yourself "told off". > > Context, from freenode #centos > [17:25:38] <UnLokitoFeliz> Good afternoon I have the doubt how I can clear > cache from the vps, CentOS version is 7 > [17:25:55] <Sokel> Cache for? > [17:26:19] <Zathrus> @vps > [17:26:19] <centbot> You are not running CentOS. Please read > http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/OtherSpins and please ask your > provider for further assistance. > > Regards > > S
You should be able to edit wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/OtherSpins now. Since you did not give us your wiki name, I assumed it is SimonAvery. Akemi _______________________________________________ CentOS-docs mailing list CentOS-docs@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-docs
