On 15-Aug-98 George Russell wrote:
> Just to announce the the linux newbie mailing list faq is still
> available at http://home.clara.net/george.russell/FAQ.html , and it
> needs a maintainer. Its been a long time since I was last subsribed to
> Linux newbie - in the interval, the mail management software
> unsubscribed me from here and subscribed me to the linux kernel list and
> linux apps.
>
> If anyone wishes to maintain the FAQ, please contact me. I have an HTML
> version of the FAQ, and am prepared to accept FAQ q&a from anyone
> interseted in sending them.
>
> The links to two other copies of the FAQ are broken - does anyone know
> what happened to the maintainers of these copies?
There is also an unrelated "unofficial" linux-newbie faq. It's geared
towards people making the transition from DOS to Linux. When I did an
altavista search for "linux newbie faq" it's the only one that popped up.
IMHO, the "unofficial" faq actually contains more f.a.q.s, and looks like
it would be more useful to a newbie. I think that both faqs need to be
publicized better, as they do no good if no one knows they exist or can
find them. The one I found is available at:
Primary site: http://home.sol.no/~corderud/linux/Index.html
Alternate site: http://xopy.rulz.ml.org/linux/lxnewbie.html(V.1.01, I think.)
the maintainers are:
xopy(Yes, it's is NOT written with a capitol 'x'..)
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e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: http://www.uni-mb.si/~uel110r9a/
Real name: Andrej Bagon
SNw^bNC
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e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web: http://home.sol.no/~corderud/
Real name: Christian Orderud
A considerable amount of effort has obviously gone into both faqs. Since the
"Unofficial" faq has two active maintainers, perhaps they should be brought
into the discussion. Some effort has to be made to try and get the location of
the faq listed with the relevant resources (www.linux.org, linux, documentation
project etc). I'd be glad to do what I can, but the status of these faqs and
their maintainers should be established first, if possible.
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