At 09:38 AM 3/8/98 +0100, you wrote:
>Well...
>
>Perhaps this type of doc doesn't deserves the word "HOWTO", but as more
>and more newbies (as I believe I am, even after 2 years of Linux
>sysadmin) come to Linux, we need some generic docs explaining advanced
>use of the OS and its extensions and applications.
>Such a doc MUST contain pointers to specific HOWTOs, and add info about
>concurrent use of many parts of the OS. They could fill the gap between
>generic 500-pages books and 5-10 pages HOWTOs.
>
>Many newbies don't have time to browse the mass of HOWTOs, FAQs, web
>pages, mailing lists archives, usenet groups, etc. each time they need
>to setup a new service. In that, they (we ?) are very different from
>Linux guys we used to know until now...
>
>Efforts must be made to make linux be considered as user-friendly and
>"professionnal" as Billdoze and Mac stuff...
>Without the bugs, of course ;o)
>An NT admin doesn't have to read all M$ Press docs before setting up
>his/her server : he/she just reads the part concerning his/her needs.
>
I've been thinking about a way to unify the documentation that is already
available (HOWTOs, etc.) with the expertise that is available on this and
other lists and ng's.
I wonder how difficult it would be to create a web site with a search
engine doing lookups on the HOWTOs, FAQs and the mailing list archives,
along with a collaborative knowledge base built from interactive Q&A? I'm
sure tools are available that would make this a relatively painless project
for two or three reasonably competent web hackers. One or two part time
admins could keep the back end db updated with the latest HOWTOs and FAQs.
Dare I say, Notes might be a way?
David Wollmann
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