Don't we already have a wiki though? :) Cheers,
Cody On Jan 21, 2008 9:33 PM, George Lesica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Additionally, would we consider unofficial community docs (ala the > Ubuntu > > Community help pages [3])? Such a section would invite participation > from > > Xubuntu bloggers and hackers (and hacker/bloggers) who are already > writing > > up these how-to's on their blogs. Contributions might include items > like > > putting compiz-fusion on Xubuntu, and other helpful tips. These > > contributions may eventually wind up as part of the official docs. > > I am sooooo in favor of this idea. If you think about it, we end up > duplicating a ton of stuff when we do the docs in general. Now, this > can't be helped to a certain extent of course since not everyone who > writes how-tos for his or her blog wants to get involved in the docs > or license their text so we can use it verbatim. However, making it as > easy as possible for people to contribute is definitely a good idea. > > To be honest, for anyone who is at all "web savvy" google is a much > more useful resource than the docs or even the ubuntu wiki. I've never > actually used the docs myself, even when I was a total newb figuring > out how to do stuff. I was able to get away with using google and the > forums exclusively because ubuntu is such a popular distro that the > tubes are just overflowing with info about it. > > Now, not that we shouldn't maintain docs (I can already forsee the > crabby emails... hehe). There are definitely people out there who are > not comfortable with google and the forums for various totally > legitimate reasons. Most important on that list IMO is that many > people aren't technically inclined enough to effectively judge whether > the info yielded from their google search is accurate. For instance, > the forums have had problems with people posting malicious responses > to newb questions (i.e. "just type 'sudo rm -rf /' to fix your video > card"). Of course there are also other reasons. Additionally there are > a large number of people without consistent interweb access. > > Ok, that being said, my actual point is that the docs should be as > easy to contribute to as possible and so xubuntu would definitely be > doing people a service by hosting some unofficial docs in the future. > > -George > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > -- Cody A.W. Somerville
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