> Your frustration is coming through loud and clear. I am often surprised > at the terse level of criticism that is aimed at open source projects by > newcomers.
Thank you for understanding. I am actually not a newcomer. I have been part of the community for 5 years. I'd say that most OSS software suffers from poor documentation. This is why I spend so much of my time trying to fix that (I've contributed to Gnome and OpenOffice). > Remember, this is free software and a back-breaking effort by > generous folks who do the best they can. The objective of open software > is to provide a community supported project. If you don't like something, > roll up your sleeves and pitch in to make it better. If you haven't paid > a cent or lifted a finger, then no one owes you anything. I didn't mean to imply that anyone owes me anything. I DO roll up my sleeves and pitch in. I have contributed dozens of pages of very carefully written documentation. Currently I'm working with the OpenOffice people. > That being said, I have to disagree with you. I've found the LTSP > documentation to be quite adequate and helpful. > > Perhaps it is a matter of understanding context. Projects often assume > some level of expertise from the reader, Exactly. That's the problem I'm having. The documentation assumes I know some basic information which is not explicitly stated. For example, the documentation would have made more sense if it had stated that LTSP is add-on software and not a distribution. It would also help if it explained how things work at the workstation end. I also pointed out the problem of too much detail, which tends to hide the actual content. This makes it more difficult to get through the documentation. Thank you for being patient. Cheers, -- Daniel Carrera | Aleph-0 bottles of beer on the wall, Aleph-0 bottles PhD student. | of beer. Take one down, pass it around, Aleph-0 Math Dept. | bottles of beer on he wall... UMD, | http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Aleph-0.html ------------------------------------------------------- This SF. Net email is sponsored by: GoToMyPC GoToMyPC is the fast, easy and secure way to access your computer from any Web browser or wireless device. Click here to Try it Free! https://www.gotomypc.com/tr/OSDN/AW/Q4_2003/t/g22lp?Target=mm/g22lp.tmpl _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
