FYI: a letter I just sent to Steve, the official maintainer of the hardware compatibility howto.
---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Hardware howto - do you need a (very) little help? Date: Thursday 22 November 2007 19:44 From: Augustin To: steve , maintainer of howto Hello, The Debian GNU/Linux Installation Guide (http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/index.html.en) makes numerous references to the Linux Hardware Compatibility HOWTO (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO.html) I wanted to buy a new computer and inquired on debian-user about mainboard compatibility. Also, I noted that I wanted to contribute the information I got back to somewhere useful. See my message here (especially the last but one paragraph): http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/11/msg01742.html About the hardware, I got the answers I needed: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2007/11/thrd4.html Anyhow, I was reading the Debian Installation Guide, which led me to your howto. I read section 1.5~1.7 of the HOWTO. http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Hardware-HOWTO/intro.html#AEN92 Is this note very recent? I.e. in November 2007 are you still actively maintaining the howto? If so, can you send me the raw docbook package. I might propose a patch against the sections I have been inquiring about (mother board and chipset support). I think that HOWTOs are not adapted to the 21st century web :) This particular howto should include information that is too dynamic for a single person to keep up to date. I think the HOWTO should be a wiki that users could update more easily. Thus there would me much more contributors. I will consult with debian-user and yourself about how to upgrade the relevant section. Blessings, -- Augustin http://minguo.info/ better election methods http://minguo.info/usa/ the USA FA/DP Free Association with Delegable Proxy: an internet experiment in democracy. ------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
