On Monday 23 October 2006 08:07, Rinse De Vries wrote: > Thus kde systems that are not connected to the Internet won't ship with any > documentation at all. Which would be a bad thing
I would like to discuss a little bit about this statement which in a form or another has been brought up by other people too. First, Nobody says that the current system cannot remain in place and have two systems working in parallel and complementing each other. Second, I really doubt that there should be a concern about Linux users without internet access. I personally do not believe they exist and if they do exist they must be a small minority. Linux is by definition a product of the internet and most distributions are only downloadable and upgradable through the internet. If there are desktop users without internet then they are most probably using Windows. Why would someone without internet need to use Linux? ...Games? ...Taxes? ...Office? Windows has a much better supply of software in these domains. Plus most of the times one can't even configure a Linux system if he/she does not access some forums or Google. In conclusion, I don't think Internet access is an issue. The whole point of the wiki would be to have a centralised place where people using KDE could EASILY contribute to the community. To me, it is clear that KDE-docs cannot keep the pace with the new features of the apps simply because it is labor intensive and only a few can actually create docbook pages. Plus, every day new apps appear while others become obsolete. I started using Linux (SUSE) in Jan 2004. I had enormous trouble finding my way through it and many times I had the impulse of reverting back because nothing was working. Nobody told me about things like libdvdcss, or w32codecs. SUSE had it's own manual which was just repeating the same things about make and make install but nobody was telling me why my USB Audio was not autodetected or how to send a FAX through my linux machine. Now I moved to Kubuntu and a Wiki is exactly what Kubuntu has and makes the life a lot easier to every beginner because things are spelled out in clear and get updated as soon as a new release is out. I think KDE should work the same way and we should be opened enough to new ideas to at least try them. Will it be the perfect solution? ..maybe not. Someone said something about localization. I say that Wiki pages can be created in the different languages faster than docbook ones. Once the content is entered in the wiki by the different contributors then the kde-doc people could turn it into docbook and have it available also to offline users. But the LARGE MAJORITY will have the LATEST info right at their fingertips in the WIki. ===Which would be a good thing==== Cheers, Adrian
